AROUND THE WORLD IN RHETORIC

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VITAL SPEECHES OF RECENT WEEKS

Dec 05, 2023
"I hope I’ve convinced you that polarization poses a risk. I hope I've convinced you that it deserves our attention. I hope I've also made the case that the solution can be bottom up."
Alan Schnitzer
Alan Schnitzer, Chairman & CEO, Travelers
Nov 01, 2023
"You can vigorously oppose Israel's response following the attack on their people, but still be vigorously opposed to terrorism, Hamas, anti-Semitism, and hate in all of its forms."
Kathy Hochul
Kathy Hochul, Governor, New York
Oct 11, 2023
"For 75 years, Israel has stood as the ultimate guarantor of security of Jewish people around the world so that the atrocities of the past could never happen again. And let there be no doubt: The United States has Israel’s back."
Joe Biden
Joe Biden, President, United States of America
Sep 20, 2023
“The goal of the present war against Ukraine is to turn our land, our people, our lives, our resources into a weapon against you, against the international rules-based order."
Volodymyr Zelensky
Volodymyr Zelensky, President, Ukraine
Sep 13, 2023
"The future of our continent depends on the choices we make today."
Ursula von der Leyen
Ursula von der Leyen, President, European Commission
Aug 30, 2023
"As is often the case, we are navigating by the stars under cloudy skies. In such circumstances, risk-management considerations are critical."
Jerome H. Powell
Jerome H. Powell, Chair, United States Federal Reserve
Aug 02, 2023
Everyone's heard Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech dozens of times. A biographer renders how it struck the ear of one young woman who traveled to the March on Washington, from the South Side of Chicago.
Martin Luther King
Martin Luther King, Baptist Minister
Jul 19, 2023
"Our sense of self is now inextricably tied to a huge global entourage of prying commentators who live in those phones of ours that are always in our pockets."
Matt Taibbi
Matt Taibbi, Journalist
Jun 28, 2023
"When our partnership progresses, economic resilience increases, innovation grows, science flourishes, knowledge advances, humanity benefits, our seas and skies are safer, democracy will shine brighter, and the world will be a better place."
Narendra Modi
Narendra Modi, Prime Minister, India
Jun 14, 2023
How will you exercise your power; your responsibility?
Helio Fred Garcia
Helio Fred Garcia, President, Logos Consulting Group