segunda-feira, 14 de dezembro de 2009

Obama

Texto completo do discurso de Obama na entrega do Prémio Nobel da Paz. Polémico o discurso e a atribuição do prémio mas...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34360743/ns/politics-white_house/

Eu acho que:
vale a pena ler como se pode tentar traçar um caminho neste mundo louco...

Excerto mesmo no final:

"...We make mistakes, and fall victim to the temptations of pride, and power, and sometimes evil. Even those of us with the best intentions will at times fail to right the wrongs before us.

But we do not have to think that human nature is perfect for us to still believe that the human condition can be perfected. We do not have to live in an idealized world to still reach for those ideals that will make it a better place. The non-violence practiced by men like Gandhi and King may not have been practical or possible in every circumstance, but the love that they preached - their faith in human progress - must always be the North Star that guides us on our journey.
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Let us live by their example. We can acknowledge that oppression will always be with us, and still strive for justice. We can admit the intractability of depravation, and still strive for dignity. We can understand that there will be war, and still strive for peace. We can do that - for that is the story of human progress; that is the hope of all the world; and at this moment of challenge, that must be our work here on Earth."