Instrumental music for the most part doesn't remind you of anything, even if it's expressive and sounds good and melodic, etc. Basically, better government would be served by better people.Wanted to hear your thoughts on music that is more than just music. This would be not only a revision to government policy but to morality and philosophy at both the personal and global levels. Such an examination of conscience would require the many nations to reprioritize the interests of others, sometimes ahead of their own. government with power to settle disputes both diplomatic and military could prevent a WWIII.įailing the prevention of such a conflict, I believe (and hope) that a third world war would force a collective reevaluation of human morality. Unfortunately, the League’s structure and mandate prevented much productive agreement on issues because of both the required unanimous vote to enact policy and the inherent aversion of member countries to support any policy that did not suit its own interests. If the United Nations were actually to wield the power that Woodrow Wilson envisioned for it at one point, then perhaps a united front of nations prepared to use armed resistance against Adolf Hitler might have prevented, or at least delayed, WWII. takes its proper place as a sovereign world government. He had a fireman under one arm and held a megaphone with the other. President Bush left his reading appointment at an elementary school to fly to New York and stand among the rubble with emergency workers and press surrounding him. The terrorist attacks of that fateful morning made another date which will live in infamy. Gorbachev": to destroy the hastily-built Berlin Wall that split Germany. With the Cold War coming to a close and the USSR on the brink of collapse, President Reagan returned to where JFK had stood to deliver a clear message to "Mr. Ronald Reagan: At the Berlin Wall, " Tear Down this Wall" (June 12, 1987). To this day, he is the only president to willingly step down from an active term. He foresaw his impeachment and decided to resign instead, though not truly admitting his guilt. It is common knowledge that the ever-paranoid Richard Nixon was embroiled in scandal several times in his career, especially the presidency. Richard Nixon: Address to the People, " Nixon Resigns Amid Watergate" (August 9, 1974). He speaks of the possibility of an early death of his the speech is truly prophetic, as MLK was assassinated the very next evening.ħ. His family and other advisers had seen the danger in Memphis and other places King travelled, and had tried to dissuade him from continuing. As always, he advocated for nonviolence, boycotts, and peaceful protests. Little did anyone know this would be MLK's last public speech. The speech was given to a congregation in Memphis, mainly concerning the Memphis Sanitation strikes. Martin Luther King, Jr.: Mason Temple, " I've Been to the Mountaintop" (April 3, 1968). Hundreds of thousands of marchers witnessed King plea for a future in which his children, and their children, would not be bound by their race. His years of training for church and excellent education make him not only articulate, but inspiring too. The now-beloved reverend and civil rights leader MLK was a master of rhetoric. Martin Luther King, Jr.: March on Washington, " I Have a Dream" (August 28, 1963). He even spoke in German at parts, his famous line being "I am a Berliner," in an unmistakable Massachusetts accent. JFK mentions the ages-old "I am a citizen of Rome," relating it to democratic Germany instead. Just five months before his assassination, President Kennedy traveled to Berlin to reassure the citizens of West Berlin that they were approved of- and protected- by the United States. John Fitzgerald Kennedy: Speech to Berlin, " Ich Bin Ein Berliner" (June 26, 1963). JFK's youth and enthusiasm, along with his many controversies, make his speeches even more remarkable in the eyes of history.Ĥ. His words stood in contrast to the legacy of his predecessor, Dwight Eisenhower, whose words hardly ever became so impassioned. Kennedy took the oath of office, inaugurating the age of Camelot in the United States that would see the makings of the Cold War. On a frigid January day, swashbuckling Massachusetts native John F. John Fitzgerald Kennedy: Inaugural Address, " Ask Not What Your Country can do for You" (January 20, 1961). Less than an hour after the speech's delivery, Congress approved for the United States to formally join the Allies in WWII. He condemned the monstrosity that had occurred in Hawaii, an act by the "Empire of Japan". Years later, President Roosevelt took the podium in a Congress chamber to deliver a stern message not only to its members, but the American people. Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Pearl Harbor, " A Date Which Will Live in Infamy" (December 8, 1941).
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