Margaret Thatcher: Speech to Conservative Party Conference 1982
October 8, 1982 (over 41 years ago)UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher tackles issues on inflation, unemployemnt and health care in her speech to the Conservative Party Conference of 1982.
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John F. Kennedy: Address on Civil Rights
June 11, 1963 (almost 61 years ago)In John F. Kennedy's Address on Civil Rights, he talks about equality for every American. In response to African-American students needing military protection at the University of Alabama, he appeals to the American conscience and describes the current situation as a moral issue. He states that t...
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John Adams: Proclamation of Day of Fasting, Humiliation and Prayer
March 23, 1798 (about 226 years ago)At a time when 'the United States of America are at present placed in a hazardous and afflictive situation by the unfriendly disposition, conduct, and demands of a foreign power, evinced by repeated refusals to receive our messengers of reconciliation and peace, by depredation on our commerce, an...
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Sam Harris: Science Can Answer Moral Questions
February 1, 2010 (over 14 years ago)In this talk, Sam Harris presents his case that Science can answer moral questions. Morality has long been a domain that religion has provided answers to, but with the arguments that Sam Harris shows us, this should change if we are to make a better world.
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Robert Wright: Robert Wright on Optimism
February 1, 2006 (over 18 years ago)Journalist Robert Wright shares what he thinks is the driving force behind mankind's moral progress.
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Michael Sandel: The Lost Art of Democratic Debate
February 1, 2010 (over 14 years ago)Michael Sandel explores justice and democratic debate interactvely with the audience.
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George Washington: Farewell Address
September 19, 1796 (over 227 years ago)In an incredible speech, President George Washington announces that he will not seek a third term - noting that he had desired to retire after just one term, but had stayed on because the country was not yet stable enough for his conscience to allow it. He expounds upon the value that all parts ...
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Jonathan Haidt: The Moral Roots of Liberals and Conservatives
March 1, 2008 (about 16 years ago)In this talk, Jonathan Haidt delves into our moral values. He goes back to the beginning of our morality and how it progresses to a liberal or conservative way of thinking.
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