History
D-Day Anniversary - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN
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- "Prince William and Princess Kate - honour the D-day veterans !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "the French President, François Hollande - tells the D-day veterans !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "the 6th of June is not a day like others - it is an "exceptional day" of unity !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "and the duty of memory - to all victims !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "to be loyal - to their sacrifice !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "by building a world that is fairer - and more human !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "those men did not hesitate - for one second !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "they advanced - for a noble cause !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "they advanced - to liberate us !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "they were - heroes !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "the day is a message of peace - and a requirement for the United Nations !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "that intervenes where it's necessary - for the collective security !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Barack Obama - 2004 - Democracy Now: LINK ¤ DEMOCRACY NOW
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- "the Democratic candidate Barack Obama - delivers a rousing speech at the Democratic National Convention !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "I stand here knowing that my story - is part of the larger story !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "that I owe a debt to all of those - who came before me !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "our pride is based on a very simple premise - summed up in a declaration !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "we hold these truths to be self-evident - that all men are created equal !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "that they are endowed by their Creator - with certain inalienable rights !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "that among these are life - liberty - and the pursuit of happiness !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "I say to you tonight: we have work to do !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "we have to change - our priorities !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "to make sure that every person - has a decent life !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Thomas Jefferson - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ JEFFERSON
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- "Jefferson, from 1743 to 1826 - believes that each man has "certain inalienable rights" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "he envisions democracy - as an expression of society as a whole !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "with public education - and with a free press !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "where for every man - independent information is available !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Bloody Sunday - 2012 - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN
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- "after a 12-year inquiry, Lord Saville found - that the incident in Northern Ireland in 1972 !!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "with British paratroopers - where 14 people had lost their lifes !"
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- "was unjustified - and none of the persons posed a threat !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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Rwanda - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN
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- "the UN military commander Roméo Dallaire had warned three months earlier - in 1994 before the unfortunate things happened !!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "but was ignored - by the security council !!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "Kofi Annan, then head of UN peacekeeping - wrote in his memoir: !!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "we had spent days lobbying - more than 100 governments !!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "I called dozens myself - we did not receive a single serious offer !!!!!!!!!!!!"
Yad Vashem: LINK ¤ YAD VASHEM
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- "Yad Vashem is a place - of memorial !!!!!!!!!!!!"
HISTORY - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ HISTORY
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- "history is the study of the past"