Monday, April 25, 2016

Leonardo is back! His speech on Earth day in UN

Mr.Leonardo DiCaprio delivered a speech at the signing ceremony of Paris COP21 in UN.
He quoted Lincoln on his speech :


'President Abraham Lincoln was also thinking of bold action 150 years ago :The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present, as our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves and then we shall save our country.'
'He was speaking in front of congress to discuss slavery. Everyone knew it had to end, but no one had the political will to stop it. Remarkably his words ring as true today when applied to the defining crisis of our time: climate change.'

Mr.DiCaprio said an 'upheaval, a massive change' is required by everyone in order to save the planet from its current state.

'One that leads to a new collective consciousness, a new collective evolution of the human race, inspired and enabled by a sense of urgency from all of you,' he said. 

When he finished his speech, he brought climate change back to the words Lincoln said so many years ago.

"We will be remembered in spite of ourselves,."




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