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Barack Obama Democratic Convention Speech

Posted by: Lasitha Silva on: February 22, 2009

To Chairman Dean and my great friend Dick Durbin; and to all my fellow citizens of this great nation;
With profound gratitude and great humility, I accept your nomination for the presidency of the United States.
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Let me express my thanks to the historic slate of candidates who accompanied me on this journey, and especially the one [...]

Ronald Reagan – “Tear Down this Wall”

Posted by: Lasitha Silva on: October 30, 2008

This speech by President Ronald Reagan to the people of West Berlin contains one of the most memorable lines spoken during his presidency. The Berlin Wall, referred to by the President, was built by Communists in August 1961 to keep Germans from escaping Communist-dominated East Berlin into Democratic West Berlin. The twelve-foot concrete wall extended [...]

Speech by Albert Einstein: Albert Einstein Campfire

Posted by: Lasitha Silva on: October 30, 2008

“The most incomprehensible thing about this world is that it is comprehensible” – ALBERT EINSTEIN
In the temple of science…
In the temple of science are many mansions… and various indeed are they that dwell therein and the motives that have led them there.
Many take to science out of a joyful sense of superior intellectual power; science [...]