"its not the end, its not even the beginning of the end"
great speeches -or speechwriters - do we not have the ability to motivate - from the western perspective - with words
2007-03-15 00:28:16 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
petty answers are ok - but then add your own thoughts- gee i forgot to recite if purfeckly, you get the jist
2007-03-15 00:35:07 · update #1
additional -and the question was the question
2007-03-15 00:36:13 · update #2
From a western perspective?
The one who said "Ask not what, " etc. was Gibran Khalil Gibran.
2007-03-15 00:31:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Apparently not, if we did, speechwriters would be out of a job. Actually, it's not that easy to reach across all the "huddled masses" and motivate a large cross-section of the population unless you have a great speech that the "common man" can understand as well as the "upper class" of our population. For the most part, I think that we, as a country, are simply too apathetic to allow ourselves to be motivated by some speech. These days, it takes a grand effort. Look at the tragedy of 9/11 and see how fast our government got motivated to step up and do something. I don't think that Russia is the "Great Sleeping Bear" any longer, we are.
2007-03-15 07:35:41 · answer #2 · answered by Laurie K 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
its just for study and appreciations of history from our leaders whether they may be good or bad. as for motivating people i guess its not because motivation comes from within , inspirational maybe.
2007-03-15 07:32:32 · answer #3 · answered by livinhapi 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
speaking well is very influential. its what it takes to motivate people.
2007-03-15 07:30:43 · answer #4 · answered by anonymous 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I thimk u do.But it matters where u live.
2007-03-15 07:31:34 · answer #5 · answered by Wayne Trace Raiders 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"ask not what your country can do for you but rather what you can do for your country!"
2007-03-15 07:43:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋