All Posts Tagged With: "Gettysburg"
Obama’s Election Night Speech
“. . . But, in a larger sense, we can not improve, we can not consecrate – we can not hallow – this ground. This brave man, who struggled here, has consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. . . . It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated […]
10Nov2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on Obama’s Election Night Speech | Continued
Obama, Kennedy, Lincoln, Jefferson
Great men. Men of honor, of words. Words do matter, and these four, Obama, Kennedy, Lincoln, and Jefferson demonstrate the point. We in America are blessed that men who commanded words also commanded the birth of this nation. “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.” […]
20Oct2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on Obama, Kennedy, Lincoln, Jefferson | Continued
Lincoln – Less Gettysburg
Son, “Ask not what your country can do for you, as what you can do for your country.” Remember that? Everyone knows who said it. Most of us remember that comment led to the Peace Corps. Most of us remember that John Kennedy’s leadership united the country behind the space program – a program that […]
15Feb2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 1 comment | Continued