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Severn Cullis-Suzuki, now in her late 20s, started the Environmental Children’s Organization (ECO) when she was only 9-years-old. ECO was a small group of children committed to learning and teaching other kids about environmental issues. In 1992 they raised their own money and attended the UN’s Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. A then 12-year-old [...]

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Yesterday was the 23rd anniversary of one of the greatest-put downs in American political history—the 1988 vice presidential debate, in which Lloyd Bentsen, a Democrat, delivered a positively Churchillian retort when Dan Quayle told Americans he “had as much experience in the Congress as Jack Kennedy did.” The line is great, but the video’s even [...]

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In 1990, the Voyager 1 space craft took a photograph of Earth from 6 billion kilometers away. In the photograph, the planet is so small (at 0.12 pixels) it appears as a barely detectable dot. A few years later, the famous and wonderful astronomer Carl Sagan placed humans within the context of an infinite universe [...]

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Martin Luther King delivered his “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech on April 3, 1968 at a rally in Memphis, Tennessee. In the speech, he addressed economic action and called for nonviolent action and unity. King’s appearance in Memphis had been delayed due to a bomb threat and he acknowledged the possibility of an unnatural [...]

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The Great Dictator (1940) is one of Charlie Chaplin’s greatest films. It boldly ridiculed Nazism at a time when the US still formally supported the regime, and ends with an impassioned speech by Chaplin’s character. Mistaken for the Hitler character (the dictator Hynkel), the Jewish barber played by Chaplin is able to make a national [...]

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One of baseball’s most formidable and beloved players, Lou Gehrig played 2,130 consecutive games over the course of 15 seasons for the New York Yankees and set many records along the way. His career was cut short when he was diagnosed at the age of 36 with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a disease now nicknamed [...]

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Winston Churchill gave this famous wartime speech to the House of Commons on August 20, 1940. At this time, France had fallen to the Germans, and the Battle of Britain was being waged aerially between the German Luftwaffe and the Royal Air Force. In his speech, he praises the British airmen, noting that “never in [...]

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The sci-fi thriller Independence Day follows the events of a terrifying alien invasion of Earth. In a climatic scene, US President Whitmore, played by Bill Pullman, rallies the volunteer soldiers with an inspiring speech. Reader “Jim B.” pointed out yesterday that this speech is a modern day interpretation of another great speech–the St. Crispen speech [...]

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Robin Williams is Matt Damon’s therapist in Good Will Hunting (1997). Sean: Thought about what you said to me the other day, about my painting. Stayed up half the night thinking about it. Something occurred to me… fell into a deep peaceful sleep, and haven’t thought about you since. Do you know what occurred to [...]

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The Thayer Award is presented every year by the US Military Academy to a citizen who exemplifies the West Point motto “Duty, Honor, Country.” On May 12, 1962, General Douglas MacArthur delivered an extraordinary speech to 2,000 cadets at West Point upon receiving the award. The famous five-star general was 82 years at the time [...]

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