Speeches - Transcripts Audio Video - Online Speech Bank "Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity." "But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. "When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. "We refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. Text and Audio of Address
Manier le verbe, vidéo Manier le verbe, vidéo Médias Entretiens - Archives vidéos Médias Entretiens Documentaries About Russia "It began with a weapon created by scientists that threatened to destroy the world. But then a group of men who were convinced they control the new danger began to gain influence in America. They would manipulate terror. To do so, they would use the methods of science." Pandora's Box was a six part 1992 BBC documentary television series written and produced by Adam Curtis, which examines the consequences of political and technocratic rationalism. Curtis' later The Century of the Self had a similar theme. The Engineer's Plot The revolutionaries who toppled the Tsar in 1917 thought science held the key to their new world. To The Brink of Eternity Focusing on the men of the Cold War on whom Dr Strangelove was based. The League of Gentlemen Thirty years ago, a group of economists managed to convince British politicians that they had foolproof technical means to make Britain great again. Goodbye Mrs Ant A modern fable about science and society, focusing on our attitude to nature. Black Power
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WEB SITES FOR POLITICAL SPEECHES Collections of Political Speeches; Audio Sites; Generic Link Sites; Specializd Genre Sites; Individual Presidential Sites; Convention Speaking; Political, Vice President, Debates; Miscellaneous Speech Collections Last Modified: Tuesday, 08-Sep-2009 23:33:43 EDT Les dix stratégies de manipulation de masses Les dix stratégies de manipulation de masses PRESSENZA Boston, 21/09/10 Noam Chomsky Le linguiste nord-américain Noam Chomsky a élaboré une liste des « Dix Stratégies de Manipulation » à travers les média. Nous la reproduisons ici. 1/ La stratégie de la distraction Élément primordial du contrôle social, la stratégie de la diversion consiste à détourner l’attention du public des problèmes importants et des mutations décidées par les élites politiques et économiques, grâce à un déluge continuel de distractions et d’informations insignifiantes. 2/ Créer des problèmes, puis offrir des solutions Cette méthode est aussi appelée « problème-réaction-solution ». 3/ La stratégie de la dégradation Pour faire accepter une mesure inacceptable, il suffit de l’appliquer progressivement, en « dégradé », sur une durée de 10 ans. délocalisations, salaires n’assurant plus un revenu décent, autant de changements qui auraient provoqué une révolution s’ils avaient été appliqués brutalement. J'aime :
Demagog.cz - Factcheck politických diskuzí 6 Famous Thought Experiments Explained in 1 Minute Each Einstein once said, “If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.” The ... Einstein once said, “If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.” The Open University, an online educational institute, took this seriously. It came up with “60-Second Adventures in Thought.” Believe it or not, questions of infinity, defining a twin paradox, and other mind-bogglers, are succinctly and clearly explained in one minute for each idea. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. By Ingrid Longauerová, Epoch Times SOURCE
Famous Speeches in History - The Speech Archive Browse the Speech Archive A lot of people said a lot of things throughout history. Some of the countless lectures, sermons, talks, discourses, and addresses have been preserved. In other words, No poet or orator has ever existed who thought there was another better than himself. End quote. Image Above Cicero addressing the Senate. The Speech Archive This speech collection is indexed alphabetically by topic, alphabetically by speaker, chronologically, and then some. Terminology Oratory is the art of public speaking. What is the difference between eloquence and rhetoric? The word eloquence stems from the Latin term eloquentia, referring to the readiness, elegance, fluency, and persuasiveness of speech. The word rhetoric is equivalent to the Greek word ritoriki, which in turn stems from the Greek term ritoras, meaning orator. At the end of your oration, you probably want to repeat your message in a nutshell and combine it with a call for action. Outstanding Masters of Rhetoric in History