Barack Obama's Speech A More Perfect Union
Barack Obama’s speech “A More Perfect Union.” takes great inspiration from the US Constitution, and was used to unite citizens together, under the cause of solving America’s issues. It relates to the Constitution by quoting significant sentences, and drawing parallels with the to current issues facing America such as; healthcare, terrorism, and racism. Obama knew the only way America was going to solve these issues was by getting the people of the united states to work together for a common goal. In the very beginning of his speech Obama quotes a famous line from the U.S Constitution “We the people, in order to form a more perfect union.’” With this quote he sets his objective for the American people, that being to unite them in the face of
adversity and come out as a stronger nation because of it. Obama empowers his message by going over all the problems America faces at the moment, and how the only way to solve them is by having one united people. After going over these problems he finishes his speech by talking about the founding fathers who signed the U.S Constitution over 200 years ago “It is where our union grows stronger. And as so many generations have come to realize over the course of the two-hundred and twenty one years since a band of patriots signed that document in Philadelphia, that is where the perfection begins.” This speech came at the perfect moment, for is brought hope that the troubling times that faced the nation were coming to an end. Obama outlines these issues with the following “…we need to come together to solve a set of monumental problems – two wars, a terrorist threat, a falling economy, a chronic health care crisis and potentially devastating climate change…” It was through these words that people started to work together to help relieve the nation as a whole of the problems it faced and the problems that would come in the future. By providing people with hope, and telling them that America has faced adversity all through its life, Barack Obama was able to bring people together to fix these issues. Like our Founding Fathers before him who knew that only by banding together would America be able to survive into the future, Obama does the same with his speech. Hope is a guiding light through the darkness that is misfortune, it is for the wary traveler who needs to find his way through, only through hope and unity can the world prosper in peace so et unity reign for everyone’s benefit.
adversity and come out as a stronger nation because of it. Obama empowers his message by going over all the problems America faces at the moment, and how the only way to solve them is by having one united people. After going over these problems he finishes his speech by talking about the founding fathers who signed the U.S Constitution over 200 years ago “It is where our union grows stronger. And as so many generations have come to realize over the course of the two-hundred and twenty one years since a band of patriots signed that document in Philadelphia, that is where the perfection begins.” This speech came at the perfect moment, for is brought hope that the troubling times that faced the nation were coming to an end. Obama outlines these issues with the following “…we need to come together to solve a set of monumental problems – two wars, a terrorist threat, a falling economy, a chronic health care crisis and potentially devastating climate change…” It was through these words that people started to work together to help relieve the nation as a whole of the problems it faced and the problems that would come in the future. By providing people with hope, and telling them that America has faced adversity all through its life, Barack Obama was able to bring people together to fix these issues. Like our Founding Fathers before him who knew that only by banding together would America be able to survive into the future, Obama does the same with his speech. Hope is a guiding light through the darkness that is misfortune, it is for the wary traveler who needs to find his way through, only through hope and unity can the world prosper in peace so et unity reign for everyone’s benefit.