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These speeches are all based on the same topics: democracy, freedom, peace, the defence of human rights and the end of the racism.
Obama’s speech is dedicated to the American people and to its power.
According to Obama, the power of the American people is the right to vote; both Obama’s speech and Churchill’s speech put the nation at the center of the polical scene.
By his words, Churchill speaks to the English people claiming it to fight against Hitler. Churchill also says that “IF THE BRITISH EMPIRE AND ITS COMMONWEALTH LAST FOR A THOUSAND YEARS, MAN WILL SAY THIS WAS THEIR FINEST HOUR”.
Martin Luther King’s speech is similar to the Nelson Mandela’s one: unlike Obama and Churchill’s speeches, King and Mandela speak to the people from a human point of view: Their values are brotherhood, the fight against the Apartheid and black people’s human and political rights. Martin Luther King says that black and white people will sit together in the name of the brotherhood; he also says: “I HOPE THAT MY FOUR CHILDREN WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN”. Personally I admire these people because of their courage and the personal risks they bear.
Martin Luther King was killed and Nelson Mandela was put in prison for his ideas. I think that the power of their words is due to the people’s power, infact Obama became the USA president even thanks to his American supporters.

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The word is opportunity and danger. Opportunity because it offers you the possibility to express who you are, to reveal a piece of your soul, to give shape and color to your thoughts, to show others, but above all to yourself, who you are and what you can give. It is dangerous because it hurts, digs in, directs you towards hate and ignorance, it can consume and enslave your own ideas. It is a continuous giving and receiving, a mirror of reality and its mechanisms. It is refuge and comfort for some, fear and anguish for others. It can spur and give hope as it can destroy and annihilate your personality and identity. In short, it has such power to be the most effective weapon but also the most treacherous and risky. It is true, fortunately there is not only the word, there are the looks, the silences, the gestures and the ways of doing, which are perhaps even more capable of grasping the purity of the meanings, but surely being able to use them makes everything more immediate and direct. Rather than focusing on the negative effects that the word has let's deal with how it was a source of hope and progress. Martin Luther King, Churchill, Mandela and Obama share the ability to connect with the audience they interact with. It is not obvious nor much less everyone is able to do it, because it requires empathy, the ability to understand the needs of their audience and know how to interpret them correctly, but above all it requires a great ability to know how to give themselves and courage. It is therefore not difficult to think that all these speeches have gone viral, because in reality when these great leaders speak they do it not only for them but for an entire community that perfectly finds itself in what they say. Therefore when martin l king says "I have a dream" it is not only his dream but the dream of the whole black community who believes in the ideals of freedom and equality that are remembered in this speech. he was able to mobilize an entire crowd and also president Kennedy to believe that there is a democratic and free America for everyone and not just for a select few. Same atmosphere creates Obama with its famous phrase yes we can. Obama with the term we wanted to put himself on a par with the crowd, he did not feel superior, he did not propose solutions to satisfy his audience, he simply expressed perfectly the need of the public to be accompanied in this new political path. Together we can do it. This is the president's goal, we make the difference. “The time to build is upon us” says Mandela. Here too we are faced with an example of connection between Mandela and his people. It expresses the need to look to the future with a new perspective that sees us as protagonists. the meaning of these few words is so intense that we  are emotionally involved, so it is not difficult to believe how successful it was at the time and how much they gave hope to its community to transform words into action. to end in churchill's "The finest hour" speech, the president addresses the peoples of europe subjugated by nazi domination proposing great britain as the power that will fight evil and make good triumph. it will restore hope and light to democracy at the expense of the darkness surrounding Nazism.

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Once the wise and notorious  philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche said "All I need is a sheet of paper and something to write with, and then I can turn the world upside down". Words have power, their meaning create perceptions that drive our behavior, that shape our beliefs and ultimately, that create our world. Their power arises from our emotional responses when we read, speak, or hear them. Every single succesfull leader ever lived had charisma. To persuade others, you must use powerful and reasoned rhetoric, establish personal and moral credibility, and then rouse followers’ emotions and passions. If a leader can do those three things well, he or she can then tap into the hopes and ideals of followers, give them a sense of purpose, and inspire them to achieve great things. Churchill was a charismatic, honorable and charming man, and it is these qualities that made him one of the greatest leaders of all times. A meaningfull example is his speach “The finest hour”, where he talked to all the english people bringing a message of determination and defiance against the nazism and showing to all the world the power of Britain and of democracy. In 1994 in South Africa another of the finest orators ever lived was taking a speach. Nelson Mandela was a key leader in the struggle against apartheid, South Africa's official policy of segregation and white supremacy,  committing himself in building a "rainbow nation ".  Every great speach aims to change the future, the ideal example is Martin Luter King's "i have a dream". His soaring rhetoric demanding racial justice and an integrated society became a mantra for the black community. The key message in the speech is that all people are created equal and, although not the case in America at the time, King felt it must be the case for the future. He argued passionately and powerfully. In the modern days maybe we can say that the passion of king's dream has been passed down to the ex US president Barack Obama.As the ex president said It’s true that speeches don’t solve all problems, but what is also true is that if we can’t inspire our country to believe again, then it doesn’t matter how many plans we have! Words do matter.

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When we communicate each other, we use a lot factors to comprehend ourselves like posture or sight, but, between all those element, the most important is the word. During the history, in particular in the XX century, we had some people that used the words for guide country or to make revolutions either peacefully or with the use of violence, even for inhuman intention like Hitler and Mussolini did. So,  knowing that power that words have, what type of use, making use of the ethics, should be make? Surely the leaders can use this power for guide a country to the right way, but not always because, like we said before, there was people, in particular dictators, whom use words for selfish intent, even if the method is inhuman. The philosopher Immanuel Kant wrote in the “Critique of practical reason” that there are two type of imperative: the hypothetical imperative, that is an action guided by a personal purpose, and the categorical imperative, an action that is guided by the sense of duty. Those imperative are linked with the role of the leader and the use of words, but, about how to use this power, we should know about one of the three Kant’s maxims and this is the following:” Act in such a way that you treat humanity, whether in your own person or in the person of any other, never merely as a means to an end, but always at the same time as an end”.  In other words the leaders must use this power avoiding to step on other people or use them like an equipment for their personal aim. We can see four famous example in the history of the correct use of this power: in order we have Winston Churchill with the speech “The Finest Hour” (1940) where the Prime Minister spoke to all English people the about the situation of the colony and the possibility to enter in the World War II; next is Martin Luther King with the famous speech “I have a dream” (1963) that describes a USA where everyone live in harmony and black people doesn’t judge by the color of their skins; another one very important is Nelson Mandela with “A rainbow nation”(1994) that spoke about a creation of a nation where everyone is welcome, even when first was current the discriminating laws and the last one, but not less important, is Barack Obama with “Yes, we can”(2008) that allow the people to recall their sense of democracy that is sited inside everyone.

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Throughout history, communication has undergone radical changes , branching into numerous typologies, some of these are defined even as art, like in the case of rhetoric.
Rhetoric is the oldest subject that deals with language and over the centuries has played a fundamental role for political ,philosophers and intellectuals.
In recent history we remember , in particular, 4 great leaders famous for their great affinity with this ancient art:Nelson Mandela, Winston  Churchill, Martin Luther king and Barack Obama.
Besides their ability to speak to the crowds, I think they have in common another great value or they are all 4 of the fighters.
All 4, in fact, had to fight using their speaking skills to difend their idea or their rights, they had to fight against prejudice in order to reach the position they got.
Like Mandela fought the apartheid in  South Africa , martin Luther king fought for the rights of black peoples in the USA, and both fought with the population for the population. Another who fought for his population is Winston Churchill that, despite the critical situation during the Second World War where most of the English parliament said to surrender Churchill decide to continue fighting and proved to be a reckless but fundamental choice for the end of the war.
In my opinion is iconic the scene  of the film “Darkest hour” where Churchill asked the civilians inside the subway whether he had to surrender Germany or not.
Although he has not fought a world war or for the abolition of racial laws, Barack Obama will undoubtedly remain in history not only for being the first black president of the United States but as one of the best speakers in history.
Famous all over the world for the speech after the victory of the elections and especially for the iconic phrase “yes,we can” in his 8 years as president he has struggled to change his country for the better.
The speeches of these 4 leaders are not only emotional  or of absolute historical importance , they are a clear example of the immense power of the world and how a good orator can speak for millions of people.

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Leadership is characterized by the ability to influence, the charisma, the ability to elicit positive feelings of emotional closeness or identification. One of the American leaders is Obama who led the political battle on the field of American rights, as for public health and pursued the idea of ​​a "united world".

Obama is considered by many to be one of the best five speakers ever, he has known how to combine technique, in some cases he has innovated with new techniques, passion and like other leaders he has studied to reach this level, precisely because he is aware of the strategic importance of communication. It started from the famous "Yes We Can" as a symbol of the possibility of doing, of going beyond any prejudice and obstacle.

During the 2008 election campaign, Obama proved to be a very talented communicator. Not only was his rhetorical style effective, but after some incendiary comments from his pastor had threatened to derail the campaign, he made one of the best speeches about the breed since King's day.Martin Luther King, infact, was a disruptive leader. He went against the status quo and demanded change! He saw something wrong and he changed it! Sometimes it’s okay to be rebellious if you’re rebelling against the right thing for the right reason. Martin Luther King said we have a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws. Martin wasn’t afraid to disrupt the system and speak up and stand up for what was right. He didn’t have a problem speaking against and standing against what was wrong. He was disruptive. He disrupted the norm to implement change. Martin Luther King once said “our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” We have to stop being timid and quiet about things that need to be changed. We need to make a difference! Don’t be afraid to make a change! Use your influence and your platform to disrupt somethings!

Winston Churchill, is another leader who was able to fight alone, a head held high, against everyone, managing to save his nation, Europe and therefore western civilization. He was a very unlikely leader: he drank whiskey for breakfast, he was addicted to cigars and had an irascible character, but in the face of Dunkerque's humiliation he knew how to stand up and a hesitant king, beat the pro-Nazi government plots and give the Gran Brittany, the personal and political guide, the consent not to yield to Hitler and therefore to arrive, five years later, to his total defeat.

This is the leadership from which the West was born, of which we are all citizens and are such and many examples that can motivate young people of all times and places in which to face the most difficult developments for the common good. In order to renew and consolidate the values ​​that most belong to us.

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What separates humans from animals , according to common opinion ,is the use of word and ,in general the particular form of lenguage based on the use of words : the verbal language.

This characteristic way of comunicating has proven during the centuries its efficiency not only in the everyday life but expecially in the speeches and in the oration of historical characters in which is express all the comunicative power of word.

Indeed the use of rhetoric played a crucial role in personal affirmation within the society but what make the difference is not the “simple” ability of using words but the ability of the orator to infuse emotion.

Some of the most important orator of our time are Churchill ,Obama ,Mandela and Martin Luther King that rapresent charismatic figures and a perfect example of how is important the emotional component ,meant as involvment of the listeners , in a speech.

In particular i want to underline the determinant influence of King and Mandela’ speeches in which , for me ,is contained an important and innovative element: the use of word aimed at defend the human rights and the brotherhood among the men.

Often ,the use of word’ s power is linked to personal affirmation ,that some times correspond to the affirmation of proper nation as in the case of Obama and Churchill(state leaders) ,and not to the disinterested defence of human right.

So i think that ,also if Churchill and Obama’ speeches rapresent important tile for the human’ s right and freedom of every one ,the biggest innovation reside in the message of true hope and  true equality expressed by the King and Mandela’ s oration because i attribute to them the highest grade of civilization.

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The word, thought, criticism, judgment,speech, progress and human relationships are all characterizing point that have distinguished and made the human being survive over the years,point that have shaped the architecture of our person and of the modern thinking.

All this tinks are the result of a millennial process, which starts from the "Agorà", "Acropolis" and the "Forum" to finish today.Since the born of time, the person has tried to establish a stable relationship with the other;to have feedback, correspondence, a link that explain the existence of the person to himself. Like i said before the words are fondamatal for ours lifes, we can use it to communicate, share emotions, describe sensations , make a talk and take decisions.Another exemple is music that use words to make social complaint like “Another birck in the wall”.But now we have to focalize how words changed the story of ours and others lifes.The story is “son”of a dialectic and social events, very important events.

And sometimes are person that make the story, with their skill, today we live in a world that is certainly different from that of 100 years ago, thanks to the evolution of thought, intelligence and belonging to the human species.The word is a fundamental vehicle that helps us daily in these processes.

This “good” man that have used words to move ours life and soul, and they make this by “speech” that is the bridge that start from their soul and arrive to ours.

A good speech can change the course of history. From Jesus Christ and Seneca, we know that the word, oral or written, has enormous power, and this implies a great responsibility, because it can provoke war or bring peace, it can move or arouse hatred, it can raise hearts or sink hope. It can make or destroy.

Certenly one of the most important man is Winston Churchill that make a historical speech known as “Tears, sweat and blood” May 13, 1940. The British Prime Minister pronounced it in front of the House of Commons, in London, demanding collaboration and sacrifice to defeat Germany when World War II had already started eight months ago. This sentence (Tears, sweat and blood) has gone down in history, and Churchill has repeated it in other speeches. “I would say to the House as I said to those who have joined this government: I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat. We have before us an ordeal of the most grievous kind. We have before us many, many long months of struggle and of suffering” . This intervention literally changed the course of the war because it managed to feel in hope to a terrified country.In this case we can see how a single speech changed the story of WWII and maybe whitout it today we not exist.

Now i would talk about two men that changed the “black”people’s life, these two are Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela. Martin Luther King, “I have a dream”.Washington, August 28, 1963. 5 years before he was assassinated in Memphis, he gave a speech full of biblical references to 200,000 people, about equality between people in the context of non-violence. This intervention will presuppose a before and after in the history of the United States in defense of civil rights. «I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. I have a dream today!».Commonly considered a masterpiece of rhetoric, King's speech invokes the Declaration of Independence, the Emancipation Proclamation and the Constitution of the United States of America. At this point he use a lot of anaphoras, with which the emphasis of the speech is strengthened. "I have a dream" is repeated eight times to enhance the image of a unified America in the name of integration; but to be repeated over and over there are also "now is the time", "some of you have come", "come back", "we will be able", "finally free", "who freedom echoes »,« we can never be satisfied ».

The second one, Nelson Mandela is a man that follows the way of King but in another place,Africa.He too has always fought for justice, for individual freedom and freedom of thought.

He always distinguished himself by helping "his" people even when he came to prison. After 27 years of captivity, Mandela's election marks the end of apartheid.The famous speech is delivered in Pretoria on May 10, 1994.

“I fought against white domination and fought against black domination. I caressed the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all people live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal that I hope to live for and hope to achieve. But if necessary, it is an ideal for which  i am ready to die”.

The last speaker I will speak is Barack Obama,ex president of the USA, he is and has been one of the most influential figures of our century so much that he has returned as a politician and public figure in numerous Forbes rankings.

Certenly he was loved by americans becouse he was really “human” with rich and poor and helped them with a lot of new laws that protect them and their healty.Barack Obama's political career has been marked by a huge amount of memorable speeches in terms of intensity, importance and effectiveness. The simplest objection at this point is: they are simply words?. But Obama's words on more than one occasion had concrete consequences, they have changed the life of billions of people and in general, political discourse has always been a formidable means of influencing public debate.Obama himself provided perhaps the best answer to this question during the 2008 election campaign.

“Don't tell me that words don't count”

This is the first phrase of his speech but i will not write other thinks about this debate.I’d like that anyone will document about this and say something to itself and answer to his question.

Prof. scusi se è uscito troppo lungo, spero non sia un problema,ma la traccia mi è piaciuta molto.

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When I listened to these speeches, the thing that struck me most was the emotion and passion contained in the words.

In my opinion, it is possible join Nelson Mandela, Martin L. King and Obama with the word passion. it is precisely with passion that they managed to change a world that seemed destined to hate them.

"I have a dream" and "yes we can" are loud cries, aimed at changing a world that, despite many years having passed, has presented inequality and discrimination against that population considered lower.

I believe that Obama, although our contemporary, has exposed the idea of ​​N. Mandela and M. L. King in a "simple" concept.

"Yes, we can save this nation. Yes, we can save this world", each of them has a new project starting from their own country, which does not exclude anyone and which is based on a solid and united community.

In conclusion we can say that Obama embodies the dream of M. Mandela and M. L. King, a black man, who came to power and led one of the most powerful nations.

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If you want to struggle a population, you have to use violence. If you want to lead, to improve, to make cohesive a population, violonce is not enough. What you need is the infinitive and stronger power of words.The art of Oratory is what marks pure leaders, people with an aim to porsue, a clear idea, right or wrong, in their heads, that move all their actions. In the english history, speaking about the war context, it is impossible to overlook the personality of Winston Churchill, the prime minister since 1940 to 1945 and since 1951 to 1955. On the 18th of April 1940 he release his famous speech “The finest hour”, talking to all the english people about the possibilities that their country had in World War II and the situation of British colonies. Overturnig the prospective, we can move to South Africa, an old British colony, exactly in 1994, on the 10th of May, to the inauguration speech of Nelson Mandela as the president of the Democratic Republic of South Africa. The themes are very different by those regarded by Churchill, indeed he spoken about “A Raimbow Nation”, a multipolar society, designed to contrast the previous period of apartheid, that affect so much Mandela and south africans' life. A similar theme is discussed in one of the most important and famous speechs of the entire history: M. L. King's “I have a Dream”, directed to the future society of the U.S.A.. King dreamt an american population made of black and white people, whit equal rights, equal opportunities, what in that period did not exist. During his speech, the singer Mahalia Jackson was shouting “Martin, talk about the dream”, so he setted aside his sheets to start pronouncing that “pure” words, by the deep in his heart, confiding in his spontaneity, one of the most important features of a great orator. The last sphere i would to analize about the importance of words is the politic one, in particular the three famous words that made Barack Obama as we today know him: “Yes We Can”.Whit this maixm, born in 2004 and utilized in the 2008's campaign, Obama mobilized also young guys to the politic environment, aiming at the sense of democracy sited in everyone, he was the symbol of freedom, of revenge, also because he was a black man, seeing as how was a little bit strange to a black person to became president of the U.S.A.. So with his huge power made by word he revolutionized the American (and so the international) political world. 

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If you want to struggle a population, you have to use violence. If you want to lead, to improve, to make cohesive a population, violonce is not enough. What you need is the infinitive and stronger power of words.The art of Oratory is what marks pure leaders, people with an aim to porsue, a clear idea, right or wrong, in their heads, that move all their actions. In the english history, speaking about the war context, it is impossible to overlook the personality of Winston Churchill, the prime minister since 1940 to 1945 and since 1951 to 1955. On the 18th of April 1940 he release his famous speech “The finest hour”, talking to all the english people about the possibilities that their country had in World War II and the situation of British colonies. Overturnig the prospective, we can move to South Africa, an old British colony, exactly in 1994, on the 10th of May, to the inauguration speech of Nelson Mandela as the president of the Democratic Republic of South Africa. The themes are very different by those regarded by Churchill, indeed he spoken about “A Raimbow Nation”, a multipolar society, designed to contrast the previous period of apartheid, that affect so much Mandela and south africans' life. A similar theme is discussed in one of the most important and famous speechs of the entire history: M. L. King's “I have a Dream”, directed to the future society of the U.S.A.. King dreamt an american population made of black and white people, whit equal rights, equal opportunities, what in that period did not exist. During his speech, the singer Mahalia Jackson was shouting “Martin, talk about the dream”, so he setted aside his sheets to start pronouncing that “pure” words, by the deep in his heart, confiding in his spontaneity, one of the most important features of a great orator. The last sphere i would to analize about the importance of words is the politic one, in particular the three famous words that made Barack Obama as we today know him: “Yes We Can”.Whit this maixm, born in 2004 and utilized in the 2008's campaign, Obama mobilized also young guys to the politic environment, aiming at the sense of democracy sited in everyone, he was the symbol of freedom, of revenge, also because he was a black man, seeing as how was a little bit strange to a black person to became president of the U.S.A.. So with his huge power made by word he revolutionized the American (and so the international) political world. 

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From antiquity to modern times, the key factors that make the difference between an orator from a great one are the ability to instill emotions to his audience (the charisma), placing the proper amount of importance on what they're  saying (also through the juxtapposition of words) and the use of an efficient non-verbal language.
Great worldwide political and social figures like Mandela and MLK can be regarded as true leaders for their capacities of warming up great crowds  with daring speeches and for riding up organized movements able to make the difference  for obtaining social achievements, from the MLK's "dream" of a totally emancipated society from racial segregation to the Mandela's "rainbow nation", his challenge for building up a society based on the fondamental human rights of justice, human dignity, universal suffrage and equal treatments without gender discrimination.
The charge to revolutionise the old society was a task that Mandela appointed himself not only for his Southafrica but worldwide, fighting for free movement of ideas and the AIDS issue.

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For me what separate a good leader from a great one is first of all to be able to show security and strength at people: in this way citizens see a strong man who can indeed lead the nation. So the most important aspect of a great leader is the attitude and the method of speech, wich has to engage people in the speaker mood and in his point of view. We can see this characteristic in all the four leader illustrated, but definetly we can see it in the speech of W. Churchill and B. Obama. As a matter of fact Churchill engaged people to take part in a phisycal and cultural fight (against Nazis) that would has been fundamental for the future of the entire World... Instead Obama, with the maxim "yes, we can", gived true hope to people that were tired of lie and false promises. An other efficient way of to lead is to make the facts to talk... for example the Mandela's long period of prison is a significant evidence of the courage and strength of his soul and ideals, that he noticed again during the speech. Finally i think if a leader is a great leader, he will be able to take advantage of a dark and sad historic period for to start a new era learning from the preceiding errors, and to build a better World, wich  the great leaders set theirself as a fundamental goal.

Daniele Costantini

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Great orators have always focused on the strength of words and emotional charge. People with communicative charisma possesses a great magnetic energy, whereby they capture the attention of others not only for what they say but also for how they say it. Charisma is a power that originates in the spirit that involves personality, character, way of being, relationship, expressivity and body language. It is one of the peculiar traits of leadership, of those great people who have left their mark on history. Among these:

King said: “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal". The greatness of this speech lies in the greatness of a man and his struggle against racism and racial segregation. And the power of these words comes from the absolute truth of a message carried mainly by the arm. Imagine a man in front of two hundred and fifty thousand people who at a certain point puts aside the sheets and chooses to point his gaze in front of him and to give voice to his heart, with the risk of possible consequences. These are words that touch, that make you think and that should be reread above all to try to recover the flavor of universality and brotherhood of the human race that nowadays seems to be increasingly lost in an inhuman gender.

Nelson Mandela is considered one of history's most inspiring leaders. "We will build a society in which all South Africans, both white and black, will be able to walk high without any fear in their hearts, certain of the inalienable right to human dignity, a rainbow nation at peace with itself and the world." Nelson Mandela made this speech when he was appointed President of South Africa on May 10, 1994. Promoter of the new image of South Africa, Mandela committed himself to building the "rainbow" nation, urging him to get up from the oppression that the black people suffered and to create something new, better, great. He said, "Sometimes it's up to a generation to be great. You're that great generation. Let your greatness blossom. Of course the task won't be easy. But not doing it would be a crime against humanity, against which I now ask all humanity rise ".

Obama said: “Yes, We Can”, a particularly simple slogan, built by only three monosyllabic terms, which increase its ease and immediacy for the people but conveying a strong meaning: "Yes" expresses positivity and concord; the subject of the phrase, "We" denoted a feeling of inclusion, of alliance between the presidential candidate, and his audience; Finally, the verb "Can" emphasizes the possibilities of action, of realization. The formula relates to the idea of exceeding all limits, a key concept in the rhetoric of the American Dream. This allowed the image of a candidate around Barack Obama who somehow embodied the spirit of three great personalities in American history: Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King.

"This was their finest hour" was a speech delivered by Winston Churchill to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom on 18 June 1940, just over a month after he took over as Prime Minister at the head of an all-party coalition government. The exhortation , even at a moment of great apparent danger to British national survival, talks not only of national survival and national interest but also of freedom, Christian civilisation and the rights of small nations for which Britain was fighting and for which Churchill thought the United States should and eventually would fight.

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B. Obama

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N. Mandela

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President Nelson Mandela Inauguration Speech May 10, 1994

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M.L. King

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Martin Luther King, Jr. I Have A Dream Speech

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THEIR FINEST HOUR speech by Winston Churchill [BEST SOUND]

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in a world where to communicate people needs to speech trough the immages, in a period in which to incentive a message is necessary to be fast and directly, in my opinion, we are losing a great opportunity to descover again the best way to communicate something, the words.
indeed the words non only are the traditional way they make the thinks, and in some cases, even the things.
the words have the power to build, destroy, influence and convince.
Some great mans and leaders understood this better than others and for this reason their words( so their ideals) will stay in all the word's memory for ever). Who
don't know the famous "I have a dream" of Marthin Luther King?
was an American christian  minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. King is best known for advancing civil rights through non violence and civil disobedience, inspired by his christian beliefs and the nonviolent activism of Mahatma Ghandhi. During his famous speech he origginally doesn' t want to say that and he wrote a different lecture, but while he was talking he decided to unfollow it and he pronunced his most famous words from his heart, and this is an example of the power of simplicity and convinction that the words can bring. an other orator who used the power of words was the most famous american prime minister ever: Wiston Churchill. his best speech is "the fines hour", and listening it we can appreciate the King's semplicity combined whit his peculiar skills:specificity of words.
indeed One of his Private Secretaries, John Martin, has recalled how, driving with Churchill along the Embankment, he had casually observed that the windings of the Thames were “extraordinary.” “Not ‘extraordinary,'” Churchill had corrected — all rivers wind. Rather, ‘remarkable.'” Denis Kelly, who helped draft lengthy tracts of the war memoirs, recalls preparing the sentence, “Germany was isolated and surrounded on all sides.” Churchill drew a line through it, saying: “The word you want is ‘crushed.'” Is obvius that simplicity, whit a strong personality, are the ingredient to make the words immortal, and a man who had theese skills was Nelson Mandela, the first black president of South Africa. He destroyed racism and Aparteid whit poweful,(but very easy ) words. Some of Mandela’s most powerful quotes used humble words that could be understood by most everyone, painting indelible pictures in the mind of the listener or reader.  Consider these examples:

“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.”  Or this: “Difficulties break some men but make others. No axe is sharp enough to cut the soul of a sinner who keeps on trying, one armed with the hope that he will rise even in the end.”
the fist anerican black president was Barack Obama, he is an American politician and attorney who served as the 44th president of USA from 2009 to 2017.
he is a great speeker too, he has(like the other three) the gift of the semplification, but he can use an other power of words, the evocative force of they, indeed Obama used specific and concrete words to conjure powerful images in our minds. one example from one of his speeches is here:

“Our campaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington. It began in the backyards of Des Moines and the living rooms of Concord and the front porches of Charleston.”

“Even as we stand here tonight, we know there are brave Americans waking up in the deserts of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan to risk their lives for us.”

“And, above all, I will ask you to join in the work of remaking this nation, the only way it’s been done in America for 221 years — block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand.”

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" Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go" ( T.S. Eliot)

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" Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go" ( T.S. Eliot)

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" Solo chi rischia di andare troppo lontano avrà la possibilità di scoprire quanto lontano si può andare".

Dear students we are going to speak about four great men : W. Churchill, M.L. King, N. Mandela and B. Obama.
Four great leaders who truly made a difference through ages. What do they have in common?
LEADERSHIP.
Leadership the ability to make a real difference by motivating people, rather than forcing them to work together towards a common goal.
What separate a good leader from a great one? You need only look to history and literature to find the answer. Wherever you look, whether it's toward political leaders like Winston Churchill and Barack Obama or social leaders like M.L. King and N. Mandela, it is clear that communication is central to their success.
Here I  post ,for each of them ,a famous speech, you will listen to them, find the script text, analyse , make reflections , look for other information and then prepare a short speech video with your personal impression and post here the video, pointing out , for each of them, their peculiarities also curiosities.
Good work and......don't forget to be yourself.