Management Theory [Tuesday, January 20, 4th period]

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After the class was assembled in their oh-so-stylish labcoats and hats, Yzma raised her hands grandly. "Today," she announced, "we will work on speeches! A good manager must be able to inspire others with their words and dramatic gestures. Borrowing from great speeches--" by which she meant stealing outright, "inspire your fellow classmates!"

She gestured to Toby to hand out numbered placards. "As each student gives their speech, you shall judge them!" she declared gleefully, then pointed one incredibly long fingernail towards a student. "You! Begin!"

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Re: Speechify!

[ashockingbitch]

"You ask, what is our policy? I say it is to wage war by land, sea, and air. War with all our might and with all the strength God has given us, and to wage war against a monstrous tyranny never surpassed in the dark and lamentable catalogue of human crime. That is our policy.

"You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word. It is victory. Victory at all costs - Victory in spite of all terrors - Victory, however long and hard the road may be, for without victory there is no survival. Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, 'This was their finest hour.' Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few. We're going out, and we may not be back for a while.

"And while I'm gone, you all bloody well be good.

"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. I know I have but the body of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart of a king, and of a king of England, too. Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country. Never, never, never, never give up. And be better, or I'll come back and kick your heads in." And then, because ending on her own last words felt wrong: "Additionally, I am a doughnut. Thank you."