“Athens, unlike Sparta, was a money-mad commercial city. The constitution framed by Solon mitigated the class struggle between rich and poor, and allowed for the growth of democratic society” (Plutarch) One of the most positive factors of American democracy is the Twenty–second Amendment to the US Constitution. After the Roosevelt years (1933 to 1945), the […]
Kennedy and the Forensic Style [video]
Kennedy’s address to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association, September 1960. Comment: Kennedy came to Houston to defend his candidature for the presidency of the United Stated that year. It had been publically asserted that a Catholic president would owe his allegiance to the Pope in Rome and not to the Constitution of the United […]
Kennedy’s Inaugural Address [video]
Kennedy’s style was symbolic of articulate leadership in the Cold War period. His voice and appearance was pleasing to his audiences wherever they were. They liked him, and his kingly style fitted very well the needs of the new television era. He was a symbol of a new generation and spoke in the same deliberative […]
