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Title: When They Go Low, We Go High: Speeches That Shape The World – And Why We Need Them
Author: COLLINS PHILIP
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 01/06/2018
Imprint: HARPER COLLINS
Price: $20.00
Publishing status: Active
A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR‘For all those who believe in the politics of principle and hope this a wonderful reminder that they do not always lose. For all those who despair that politics can ever be inspiring again this is a must-read to shake you out of your misery’ Paddy Ashdown ‘By the people, for the people’‘I have the heart and stomach of a king’‘We shall never surrender’ The right words at the right time can shape history.By analysing twenty-five of the greatest speeches ever given – delivered by iconic figures from Elizabeth I to John F. Kennedy to Barack Obama – Philip Collins tells the story of democracy. For it is through the finest words spoken in public that progress unfolds.When They Go Low, We Go High is a passionate defence of the power of public speaking, and an urgent – and timely – reminder of how words can change the world.‘For all those who believe in the politics of principle and hope, this is a wonderful reminder that they do not always lose. For all those who despair that politics can ever be inspiring again, this is a must read to shake you out of your miser’ Paddy Ashdown
ISBN: 9780008235680
Dimension: 197mm X 130mm