The Top 10 Speeches of 2013
The top 10, in order: 1. Ted for Robert — Ted Kennedy’s eulogy for his brother, given two days after Bobby’s death “He gave us strength in time of trouble, wisdom in time of uncertainty, and sharing...
View ArticleCalvin Coolidge on Taxes
“We are often told that we are a rich country, and we are. We are often reminded that we are in the best financial condition of any of the great powers, and we are. But we must remember that we also...
View ArticleThe Dignity of Every Life: Viktor Frankl’s Powerful Speech to a Concentration...
In the middle of Viktor Frankl’s tour-de-force chronicle of his survival of the Holocaust, Man’s Search for Meaning, there is a particular moment when existence at Dachau goes from dark to...
View ArticleYour Mind Is All You Have
“Whatever you can possibly notice – in your body, in your mind, in the world – has only one place to appear: in your conscious experience. Now I’m not saying this is all just a dream, but as a...
View ArticleGore Vidal: What ‘Pursuit of Happiness’ Means Today
“We would together constitute a new nation, founded upon ‘life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.’ The first two foundation stones were familiar, if vague… ‘The pursuit of happiness’ is the real...
View ArticleDouglas MacArthur: Will We Find an International Peace?
“Men since the beginning of time have sought peace. Various methods through the ages have been attempted to devise an international process to prevent or settle disputes between nations. From the very...
View ArticleRioting in Understatement
“The two parties, which are really one party, cannot be put to use. They are the country’s ownership made carnival. Can the united action of individual citizens regain some control over government? I...
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