Words can be powerful things - power for good, or for ill.
When used for good:
...They can reveal that which has been hidden - by lies and subterfuge.
...They can rally a people to come together.
...They can inspire and give courage.
...They can ignite a spark - that can lead to a conflagration...that will burn away the rot and decay.
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Watching this was fascinating.
Near the end (@ 01:16:30), after the recital of
the 10 Acts of Obstruction, while everyone is still on stage - Annette
Bening makes a brief final statement....
that sent shivers of Hope through my being - as if the first rays of sunlight broke over a ridge, into a valley that has long laid under the dark night of winter...