This is a collection of the most influential speeches given since entering the new millennium. It is a timely book, capturing contemporary and powerful expressions of ideas and reasoning. Global in perspective, these speeches stand as unmediated and authentic testaments to the profound impact of great words and persuasive vision. During this period our mindset and culture have changed, reflecting the immense national and international changes the age has witnessed: the global financial crisis, the outbreak of international terrorism, the rise of new wealth in the developing world, austerity in.;INTRODUCTION -- PART 1. MORAL AUTHORITY. AUNG SAN SUU KYI ; BARACK OBAMA ; VÁCLAV HAVEL -- PART 2. UK GOVERNANCE. TONY BLAIR ; TONY BLAIR ; DAN HANNAN ; DAVID CAMERON ; NICK CLEGG ; ED MILIBAND -- PART 3. A CHANGING WORLD. NELSON MANDELA ; ELLEN JOHNSON SIRLEAF ; EVO MORALES ; LUIZ INÁCIO LULA DA SILVA ; HUGO CHAVEZ ; VLADIMIR PUTIN ; NICOLAS SARKOZY ; BENAZIR BHUTTO ; MANMOHAN SINGH -- PART 4. THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS. HENRY M. PAULSON, JR ; ALPHONSO JACKSON ; DAVID CAMERON ; MICHAEL BEAR ; GEORGE OSBORNE ; BEN BERNANKE ; DAVID CAMERON -- PART 5. THE WAR ON TERRORISM. GEORGE W. BUSH ; TONY BLAIR ; GEORGE W. BUSH ; ROBIN COOK -- PART 6. GLOBALISATION. POPE BENEDICT XVI ; BARACK OBAMA ; DAVID CAMERON -- PART 7. ISRAEL AND PALESTINE. MAHMUD ABBAS ; BINYAMIN NETANYAHU ; BINYAMIN NETANYAHU ; MAHMUD ABBAS -- PART 8. ARAB SPRING. DOUGLAS ALEXANDER ; HILLARY CLINTON ; AMR MOUSSA ; KING ABDULLAH II OF JORDAN -- PART 9. THE OCCUPY MOVEMENT. RONALD JAN HEIJN ; SLAVOJ ŽIŽEK -- PART 10. SCIENCE AND POLITICS. GEORGE W. BUSH ; DIANA DEGETTE -- PART 11. OPPOSITION VOICES IN AMERICA'S 2012 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. MITT ROMNEY ; SARAH PALIN ; CHRIS CHRISTIE -- PART 12. EULOGY. JOHN HOWARD ; MARGARET THATCHER ; BARACK OBAMA -- THE WORDS OF OUR TIME.