Comments on: 12 year old girl’s moving speech to the United Nations (16 years ago)

By: Tina

Tina — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:01:49 +0000

she graduated from my high school

By: Jes

Jes — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 05:51:46 +0000

i’m a sap. that make me cry.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:28:46 +0000

Lovely speech :] I stumbled across this page and I’m glad I did. Even if it was 16 years ago, the speech still has a resounding effect in 2008.

To nulla:
I don’t know where you grew up, but I was writing speeches with that kind of vocabulary, that kind of sentence structure when I was 10 or 11, as were many of my classmates. If she was passionate enough to fly 5000 miles to Brazil, she’s passionate enough to write a 500 word essay.

By: Veena

Veena — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:46:18 +0000

Wow! I love the words she used and how she expressed her feelings! She is right how poor people are not being treated well and how animals are being extinct. Kids like me should have a voice like her.

By: mr love

mr love — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:26:08 +0000

this was a great speech, I will digg it.

By: Shrug

Shrug — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:24:14 +0000

We have a world of leaders that are invested in war.

Bush’s family has profited hugely from the sale and development of weapons and war related commerce through their ties to the Carlyle Group.

The same goes for all the bankers and other turds that run our world.

Peace is not profitable so wars will continue as long as we let these parasites rule our lives.

By: Rohit

Rohit — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:54:14 +0000

Hey!.
Thanks for sharing.Those kind of speeches are priceless!!.

By: nulla

nulla — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:42:43 +0000

she didnt write that..i give all credit to her mom and dad

By: Daura

Daura — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:23:39 +0000

They should be playing this at the parent teacher conferences and waking even more people up to the idea that kids really are thinking about our world and the chaos that is being committed in it daily. Teaching our children before Kindergarten is a necessity to maintaining their world and to show them as parents that we do infact respect their futures here.

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:23:57 +0000

The UN response: “And how much money do you have saved up for us to consider what you just said?”