speech on A leader can break or make a nation.
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All great leaders make the same speech. Look at all the most powerful speeches that the greatest leaders in the world have ever made – they could have been written by the same speech-writer. They all point directly to a better future. Leaders of corporations today have a huge amount to learn from the emotional appeal of these giants of recent history, while also recognising that running a business often requires a radically different style.
Here are the sort of phrases that great leaders use (great in the sense of being able to persuade large numbers to follow):
“That this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” Abraham Lincoln
"And when that victory is gained you will find you are in a better world: a world which can be made even more fair, more happy, if only all the peoples will join together to do their part and if all classes of parties stand together to reap the fruits of victory as they are standing together to bear the terrors and menaces of war.” Winston Churchill
“I would just like to remember some words of St. Francis of Assisi which I think are really just particularly apt at the moment. ‘Where there is discord, may we bring harmony. Where there is error, may we bring truth. Where there is doubt, may we bring faith. And where there is despair, may we bring hope’ and to all the British people—howsoever they voted—may I say this. Now that the Election is over, may we get together and strive to serve and strengthen the country of which we're so proud to be a part.” Margaret Thatcher
“Changing Britain for better. For good. Not a society where all succeed equally - that is utopia; but an opportunity society where all have an equal chance to succeed; that could and should be 21st century Britain under a Labour Government. Where nothing in your background, whether you're black or white, a man or a woman, able-bodied or disabled, stands in the way of what your merit and hard work can achieve.” Tony Blair
“For our country to succeed requires the combined efforts of all of us, in all walks of life. Our achievements so far have shown what can be done when we set aside petty differences and together pursue the common good. Nelson Mandela
“Together let us work with other nations for peace and happiness across our continent and our globe. “ Nelson Mandela
“By working together we can build the country of our dreams.” Nelson Mandela
“America, the richest and most powerful nation in the world, can well lead the way in this revolution of values” Martin Luther King
“Lift your eyes beyond the dangers of today, to the hopes of tomorrow, beyond the freedom merely of this city, or your country, to the advance of freedom everywhere, to the day of peace with justice, beyond yourselves and ourselves to all mankind.” John F. Kennedy
“We are here today to raise the flag of victory over the capital of our greatest adversary…. We’re raising it in the name of the people of the United States who are looking forward to a better world, a peaceful world, a word in which all the people will have an opportunity to enjoy the good things in life and not just a few at the top. Let us not forget that we are fighting for peace and for the welfare of mankind. We want peace and prosperity for the world as a whole. – Harry Truman: Speech in American sector of Berlin. 1945.
“I offer you peace. I offer you love. I offer you friendship. I see your beauty. I hear your need. I feel your feelings. My wisdom flows from the Highest Source. I salute that Source in you. Let us work together for unity and love.” Mahatma Gandhi
If you want to bring the whole thrust of their leadership into a couple of sentences it would be this: