“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.” Theodore Roosevelt

@declup

Жыл бұрын

There are various definitions of 'greatness' and 'strength'. They're, especially in figurative or rhetorical use, ambiguous words. In this quote, though, it's possible to take Roosevelt's words to define greatness as some combination of ardor, resolve, and propsensity to action. Notice that these three notions don't include accomplishment or prominence. That is, a great man need not be effectual or recognized, and a man chronicled in history books need not be great.

@AG-io5wr

Жыл бұрын

@@declup Precisely.

Starky's breadth of knowledge and historical context that blows the opposition away....

To Starkey (read in Churchill’s voice for effect): _You might not be among the top hundred men but you will most certainly be among the top hundred historians._

@ajaymantha4713

11 ай бұрын

Amazing

Great to see Starkey back in the public eye. A brilliant mind.

@helicoptergunship

Жыл бұрын

Brilliant bigot

@johnmurray5573

Жыл бұрын

​​@@helicoptergunship having a mind and being a bigot are steadily becoming synonyms in this brave new world.

@helicoptergunship

Жыл бұрын

@@johnmurray5573 not really, bigot apologist

@jamesjenkins6093

Жыл бұрын

He's not gonna shag you mate

@helicoptergunship

Жыл бұрын

@@jamesjenkins6093 🤣🤣

David Starkey is inspirational. I'm so happy that he is, once again, active and with a media presence. How strange that our Society can accommodate both Starkey and Stormzy.

The study of history allows us to see the present in context.

God bless you David. You will go down in history as a true gent and a man of truth.

Never fails. Such a well articulated speaker.

Oxford Union is one of the few things that make the internet worth all the trouble its brought. Never before in history could somebody like me get to see these great debates.

Love David Starkey. National treasure.

An absolute genius

His oratory is second to none. Which was a trait many of the people he is talking about possessed. Good to see him back.

Starkey is a great man.

One name is enough to prove the Great Man theory of history, Napoleon Bonaparte.

People who study history, recognize the mistakes that can effect the future.

Starkey is back! Re-educated. No more a wrong-speaker. Standing with the current thing. Entertaingly delivered. Nice room, chocca with brainy youth. It's all about the kids! ;D

@ammulhare1644

Жыл бұрын

*entertainingly ;)

@ammulhare1644

Жыл бұрын

*entertainingly ;)

@bettytigers

Жыл бұрын

Entertainingly. But it's better to appreciate your point than criticise your triping. 🙂

Starkey has more vigour and energy then people half his age.

Legend.

Great MEN built this world...... if not for them, we would STILL be living in a cave........

✌David Starkey is back ✌ Oxford Union thankyou.

Listen to Starkey young people. Age equates to wisdom. It is better to fight and lose than never have fought at all, it is better to die on your feet than live on your knees.

Brilliant, Dr Starkey! Brilliantly stated. I am in awe. Absolutely fascinating. I doff my cap to you, sir.

Zelensky is not fighting he is doing various photo-ops in various eu countries.

@cptsuperstraight6924

Жыл бұрын

Zelenski deserves more credit than that. He is also investing in luxury real estate around the world for his retirement.

Always a treat.

This is what debate looks like - although of course we only see a part of this one. But in real debate, each side gets the chance to put their case without interruption, so that we get to hear it fully, before cross questioning, and everything is done in a civilized fair way. It's completely different from a TV "debate" between political leaders, where everyone shouts over everyone else and the host can be biased as well. I wish in politics, especially before elections, we could have real university union style debates like this.

Outstanding 👏👏👏👏👏

That girl in the background constantly fidgeting with her hair kinda proves his point lol

Brilliant, well read and erudite.

Dr Starkey is actually something of a titan in my view

God bless you and all u do

Why was the video edited when Dr Starkey talks about the opposition's comments on Hitler (6:03)?

@JoeyRhubarb

Жыл бұрын

Good point. Censoring speech alive and well in the Oxford Union.

@MrRooibos123

Жыл бұрын

I was actually in attendance at that debate and I can reassure you that it wasn't anything sinister - Dr Starkey had a cough and had to stop for a minute whilst somebody got him a glass of water, so due to time he moved on to the Tudors.

It was Athena not Venus/Aphrodite who sprung from the head of Zeus.

@colinghoch3975

Жыл бұрын

I caught that too, but such is thinking on the fly.

The 19th Century produced - besides Thomas Carlyle - Napoleon, Lincoln, Bismarck, and Gladstone. To think that great men do not make history...

Starkey should go on: Joe Rogan, Jocko Walnick, Patrick Ben David, Ben Shapiro, Gad Saad. He will get a worldwide audience virtually instantly

Welcome back David. The tide is turning?

The girl in the background is probably taking the place of many intelligent men /women that would love to listen to Starkey. Sad what's happned to great institutions. Imagine McDonald's if it had a diversity of customer with those chosen not liking bugers.

@bettytigers

Жыл бұрын

Maybe she wrote his speech, and as brilliant actress was looking how folk were reacting in the most discrete way she could imagine. Perhaps she'll go on to influence a child or twelve as much as Mr Starkey was by his fine influencer.

💪🏻

Multiplication is for calculating an area. Addition is for calculating the length of line. The last girl said it correct, you cannot define as you wish to just say makes no sense. It’s basic math

Bravo!

Great ages and periods in history are more often associated with a great man than they are with a specific date. No one know what happened to or anything about Greg the Baker 2,000 years ago in modern day Israel. We know what happened and think of that era and place because of Jesus.

We tell children how unique and limitless they are in potential but also that the individual really doesn't matter, that they are their immutable characteristics, their sex (yes that's not something 'assigned' by doctors at birth as if on the toss of a coin), their skin colour and their sexual proclivities and that the events of their lives depend on large structural forces? That they are born guilty or what's worse labour under the weight of institutions designed to prevent them from successfully reaching their potential.

I would imagine great women also make history, but perhaps more as influencers rather than people making society changing decisions.

Happily, some people can still do sarcasm well.

Why aren’t men like him in government!?

When you see this for the second or third time that girl behind him constantly fiddling annoys the piss out of you (sorry)

@ebabytra

Жыл бұрын

Agree, imagine sitting next to or behind her, would drive you mad.

Oh for any leftys, this is called a DEBATE....

Great moment in history 26th Feb 2022 “I am here. We are not putting down arms. We will be defending our country, because our weapon is truth, and our truth is that this is our land, our country, our children, and we will defend all of this, “That is it. That’s all I wanted to tell you. Glory to Ukraine,” If he'd scurried away then Ukraine would have fallen

Соционика есть такая дисциплина, там есть Гексли теперь Вы все Гексли. Я лав Черчиль фор хис сеинг оф ай вуд невер станд вэн я мэй сит , ор сит онсе то лай ис ок

Bottom line: It's the woman's fault;)

Don’t agree on Ukraine

I wonder if many of them there are on joined up writing yet? ✍️ And is it true there's a masters or postgraduate in spelling now in Oxford? As its quite a thing now in Oxford to take in students that are really just planks and even give them professorships for such things as Origami, basket weaving and toy making ; all for the virtue of levelling up or something 🤔

He's wrong. Zelensky was and STILL IS a clown.

It would be good if that young woman behind could deal with her head-lice in private. That non-stop self grooming is extremely distracting in anybody’s line of vision. If she’s not interested in the talk, why is she there spoiling it for everybody?

I think he's delusional on this.

@AlexFlanderzzz

3 ай бұрын

To think that the greatest men of human history did not make their mark by being strong characters and pushing against all odds for the continuation of traditional Judeau-Christian values is an absurdity. Why do you think Dr Starkey is delusional?

Absolute bigot but loved his monarchy series as a kid

@connernickerson5509

Жыл бұрын

Absolute m-0ron here, get over yourself smooth brain.

@AlexFlanderzzz

3 ай бұрын

How brainwashed you are… where on earth is the bigotry you suggest, considering the classical European social doctrines that have been so mercilessly ruined by other continents?

Of course great men make history just look at Elon Musk total proof great men make history.