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Quotations is about words, written and spoken throughout history. Words speak to us through our eyes and our ears. They enrich our lives, allow us to communicate thoughts to others, and sometimes, last for generations. This podcast explores not only the words, but the speaker, author, figure, or character who originated them. To whom were they said or written? What was their intended effect and on whom? What was the originator thinking? Find out each episode and we discover new quotations, some familiar, some not!
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Wednesday Mar 24, 2021
Wednesday Mar 24, 2021
Barack Obama served Illinois state senate, Unite States Senate, and, most notably, as the 44th President of the United States for two terms between 2008 and 2016. In 2016, Howard University invited him to deliver the commencement speech to their more than 2,000 graduates. The speech was full of anecdotes, lessons, and wisdom. Doubtlessly, the graduates will remember that day for years to come.
In the speech, he talked about progress made and progress left to be made. He captured, succinctly and poignantly, the current state of the world and highlighted that, despite the ease with which we can slip into cynicism and complaint, the world was far better in 2016 for nearly everyone than it had been at any other time in history.
I would argue that trend toward positive progress has continued to today.
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