It Is Time for You to Go Leadership Acceptance Speech (July 24, 1994) David, friends and colleagues: It is an honour to lead this party. I accept it with excitement, but also with humility and with a profound sense of the responsibility that is placed upon me. I joined this Party through conviction, because I believed in what it could do for our country. I have never wavered in that conviction. You have put your trust in me and I vow to you I shall repay that trust with unstinting service and dedication to our party and our country. And I shall not rest until, once again, the destinies of our people and our Party are joined together again, in victory at the next General Election. Two years ago we chose to put our trust in John Smith. I know I speak for everyone in this hall, in our party,…