John F Kennedy I Have A Dream Speech Essay

Standing up for Peace “I Have a Dream” by Martin Luther King, Jr. is a touching speech he gives about wanting to persuade people that blacks deserve to be treated like everyone else, while “Inaugural Address” by John F. Kennedy he gave a speech on what he was going to do as president. Kennedy wasn't as emotional as King and not everyone agreed with King as much as they did with Kennedy, but they both used metaphors and had a plan to carry out the goals they had set. These two speeches were powerful. “Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate” (Kennedy 512). He realized there were many conflicts at the time and wanted to solve them. One of the conflicts was that there were many poor people who needed aid. Kennedy wanted to find that balance again. “To those nations who would make themselves our adversary, we offer not a pledge but a request: that both sides begin anew the quest for peace, before the dark powers of destruction unleashed by science engulf all humanity in planned or accidental self-destruction” (Kennedy 512). Kennedy wasn’t too emotional, but he was still very passionate about what he was
(“Martin Luther King ‘I Have a Dream’”). All he wanted was for him and all the other blacks to be treated fairly. “There will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted his citizenship rights” (King 371). He says many inspiring things like this that make the crowd go crazy. King was hope for all of the blacks at that time. He tells the people to go on with their lives, but having faith that their circumstances will change. “Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred” (King 371). King never said anything hateful in this speech, but instead addressed problems and ways to solve them. Out of the two speeches this one is my favorite because King puts his whole heart into