Speech Writing

POLITICS

Dear Students – Welcome to the speech assembly!

Hope your studies are not getting affected amidst
the extracurricular activities that are going on and
are performing well in your weekly tests.

Today, the topic of speech is Politics. Why politics?

Because it is always a hot topic irrespective of which
country you belong to. Politics is such an engaging
subject that everyone has something to say.
Moreover, I feel it necessary that my students
should command knowledge on practical subjects
other than textual ones and should be able to
confidently put across their thought and ideas. So
through my speech I hope you all will be able to
learn something.

If I were to define politics, I will define it as a social

process with the help of which collective power is
formed, organized, disseminated and used in various
social structures. It is rooted in specific social
processes and structures. It happens in societies
having discrete economic and social arrangements.

Studying politics from sociological point of view

would be about focusing on political behavior within
the social structures. Politics is about power and it
takes place when there is a degree of difference in
power. Therefore, any social association which
involves power differences is termed as political.

In actuality, the concept of politics mainly

emphasizes the point that every social set up
comprises a power structure, not just the one where
social roles are officially stated in terms of power.
As we all know that every facet of social life
includes power structures and thus politics cannot
be taken as including simply ‘what political leaders
do’. Rather, any process that involves wielding
power or control over others or coercion in society
is ideally political in nature.
In other words, politics is not just limited to what
politicians do, but goes far beyond that. Politics can
also be defined as a mind game where the
dominant section of a society tries to hold sway
over the weaker sections of society or those who are
marginalized. As we often hear people saying that
“They are playing political games”. Playing politics
or political games would imply being manipulative,
knave and resorting to mean tactics in order to
realize one’s goal. More often it carries negative
connotations with itself and implies the selfish
interests of the individuals without considering the
common good of all.

Politics is good as long as it serves the common good

of all, if not, then at least it does not harm the
interests of others.I strongly feel that people should
learn moral values and the dignity to conduct
himself/herself in life only then the world can
become truly a peaceful haven for all. Regardless of
which field you are in, it is important to value
human relationships and rise above all petty
interests to nurture mankind.

Thank You!