I remember vividly when it was made, it was on the front page of our newspapers. I have forgotten the astonishing power of that. It now sounds like a series of pious hopes which we know will be disappointed. His speeches don't make things happen most of the time. The most conspicuous example was right back at the beginning with Cicero, his series of Philippics against Mark Anthony. If you end up with, after a series of speeches with your head and your hands cut off, you have to conclude it could have gone better. That's such a sobering thought. But this idea that we've called this session, this performance tonight, words that change the world, what if they

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