| Oprah Winfrey's 2008 Stanford Commencement Address |
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Oprah Winfrey, global media leader and
philanthropist, spoke to the Class of 2008 at
Stanford's 117th Commencement on June 15,
2008. Winfrey drew on experiences from a
career that began in 1976 when she
co-anchored a television newscast, and she
shared three lessons about feelings, failure
and finding happiness.
Transcript of Oprah Winfrey's commencement
address:
http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2008/ju
ne18/como-061808.html
Stanford University channel on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/stanford
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| JFK Inaugural Address 1 of 2 |
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President John F. Kennedy's inaugural
address, January 20th 1961.
Vice President Johnson, Mr. Speaker, Mr.
Chief Justice, President Eisenhower, Vice
President Nixon, President Truman, reverend
clergy, fellow citizens, we observe today not
a victory of party, but a celebration of
freedom — symbolising an end, as well as a
beginning — signifying renewal, as well as
change. For I have sworn before you and
Almighty God the same solemn oath our
forebears prescribed nearly a century and
three quarters ago.
The world is very different now. For man
holds in his mortal hands the power to
abolish all forms of human poverty and all
forms of human life. And yet the same
revolutionary beliefs for which our forebears
fought are still at issue around the globe
— the belief that the rights of man come
not from the generosity of the state, but
from the hand of God.
We dare not forget today that we are the
heirs of that first revolution. Let the word
go forth from this time and place, to friend
and foe alike, that the torch has been passed
to a new generation of Americans — born in
this century, tempered by war, disciplined by
a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient
heritage — and unwilling to witness or
permit the slow undoing of those human rights
to which this Nation has always been
committed, and to which we are committed
today at home and around the world.
Let every nation know, whether it wishes us
well or ill, that we shall pay any price,
bear any burden, meet any hardship, support
any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the
survival and the success of liberty.
This much we pledge and more.
To those old allies whose cultural and
spiritual origins we share, we pledge the
loyalty of faithful friends. United, there is
little we cannot do in a host of cooperative
ventures. Divided, there is little we can do
— for we dare not meet a powerful challenge
at odds and split asunder.
To those new States whom we welcome to the
ranks of the free, we pledge our word that
one form of colonial control shall not have
passed away merely to be replaced by a far
more iron tyranny. We shall not always expect
to find them supporting our view. But we
shall always hope to find them strongly
supporting their own freedom — and to
remember that, in the past, those who
foolishly sought power by riding the back of
the tiger ended up inside.
To those peoples in the huts and villages
across the globe struggling to break the
bonds of mass misery, we pledge our best
efforts to help them help themselves, for
whatever period is required — not because
the Communists may be doing it, not because
we seek their votes, but because it is right.
If a free society cannot help the many who
are poor, it cannot save the few who are
rich.
To our sister republics south of our
border, we offer a special pledge — to
convert our good words into good deeds — in
a new alliance for progress — to assist
free men and free governments in casting off
the chains of poverty. But this peaceful
revolution of hope cannot become the prey of
hostile powers. Let all our neighbours know
that we shall join with them to oppose
aggression or subversion anywhere in the
Americas. And let every other power know that
this Hemisphere intends to remain the master
of its own house.
To that world assembly of sovereign states,
the United Nations, our last best hope in an
age where the instruments of war have far
outpaced the instruments of peace, we renew
our pledge of support — to prevent it from
becoming merely a forum for invective — to
strengthen its shield of the new and the weak
— and to enlarge the area in which its writ
may run.
Finally, to those nations who would make
themselves our adversary, we offer not a
pledge but a request: that both sides begin
anew the quest for peace, before the dark
powers of destruction unleashed by science
engulf all humanity in planned or accidental
self-destruction.
We dare not tempt them with weakness. For
only when our arms are sufficient beyond
doubt can we be certain beyond doubt that
they will never be employed.
But neither can two great and powerful
groups of nations take comfort from our
present course — both sides overburdened by
the cost of modern weapons, both rightly
alarmed by the steady spread of the deadly
atom, yet both racing to alter that uncertain
balance of terror that stays the hand of
mankind's final war.
So let us begin anew — remembering on
both sides that civility is not a sign of
weakness, and sincerity is always subject to
proof. Let us never negotiate out of fear.
But let us never fear to negotiate.
Let both sides explore what problems unite
us instead of belabouring those problems
which divide us.
Let both sides, for the first time,
formulate serious and precise proposals for
the inspection and control of arms — and
bring the absolute power to destroy other
nations under the absolute control of all
nations.
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| Bill Moyers addresses NCMR 2008 |
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Legendary journalist Bill Moyers address the
National Conference for Media Reform in
Minneapolis, June 7, 2008. Presented by
FreePress.net. For more speakers, press
coverage, and info, visit:
http://www.freepress.net/conference
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