Category Archives: Memorable Words and Descriptions

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Amanda Gorman’s Inauguration Poem. Sam Horn’s Commentary

Amanda Gorman’s Inauguration Poem Commentary By My Long-time Friend Sam Horn Sam Horn is a renowned communication consultant, author, and professional speaker. If you will take the time to read Sam Horn’s line-by-line commentary, you will discover that added riches … Continue reading

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Vote for the Plan not the Man

Here’s what some Trump supporters are saying. Vote for the Plan not for the Man That particular slogan would have worked in the Third Reich. Hitler had quite a plan. Today we have the gift of hindsight, but in the … Continue reading

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Trump’s Future

“You are losing. We heard you loved Evita. You saw it so many times. Where will you live out your years in disgrace? Will you buy Jeffrey Epstein’s island? One last extra special deal from him? Or will you be … Continue reading

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Make America Great Again: What MAGA Really Means

Make America Great Again “The Great Yesterday” is what the late Ryszard Kapuscinski called a time in the past when things were fundamentally different from what they have become today. People who fantasize about such a past time are tempting … Continue reading

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Senator Romney’s Impeachment Speech

“Is there one among you who will say enough?” —Adam Schiff, closing statement in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump Years ago I read John F. Kennedy’s “Profiles in Courage” not knowing then that I would ever personally witness … Continue reading

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Globalism and Nationalism: Truman and Trump

“The future does not belong to globalists. The future belongs to patriots. The future belongs to strong, independent nations.” —Donald Trump st the UN, September 24, 2019 Does Trump not know that nationalism gave us two ghastly world wars that … Continue reading

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Martin Niemöller’s Warning: Is It Time To Speak Out?.

A Cautionary Tale From Nazi Times “First they came for the Communists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Communist Then they came for the Socialists And I did not speak out Because I was not … Continue reading

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Democratic Leaders and Tyrants: The Main Difference

Abraham Lincoln on Democratic Leadership  “Men moving only in an official circle are apt to become merely official, not to say arbitrary, in their ideas, and are apter and apter, with each passing day, to forget that they only hold … Continue reading

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Philip Roth on Donald Trump

A Frightening Truth The famed novelist Philip Roth died in May of this year at the age of 85. Not long before his death Roth wrote an email in which he described his fear of Donald Trump: “What is most … Continue reading

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A Poem Public Speakers Can Use: “The Chambered Nautilus”

Here are two stanzas from “The Chambered Nautilus” by Oliver Wendell Holmes. I learned lines from this splendid poem in high school, in particular the phrase “Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul.” And I’ve never forgotten its imagery … Continue reading

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