President François Hollande was elected the new president of France on May 6‚ 2012. He gave his inauguration speech in Paris on May 15‚ 2012‚ and expressed his deep gratitude to the French people for investing him into the highest office. He presented his political vision in a message of confidence‚ as a metaphor for trust‚ to uphold the nation’s state of affairs‚ and stated: A brief review of France’s history will help us to understand President Hollande’s speech in its rightful political context
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The Battle of Gettysburg: Why Was it a Turning Point? The Battle of Gettysburg was a very harsh battle that turned the tables in the Civil War. There were more than 20‚000 casualties on each side. The Civil War was into it’s third year before the Battle of Gettysburg took place. The general who led the Confederates was General Robert E. Lee‚ the general of the Union was General George Meade. In each army there was about 75‚000 soldiers. Stated in the background essay‚ “Over the next three days Gettysburg
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ASSALAMU ALAIKUM and GOOD EVENING TO ALL. The President of this session‚ __________ has selected me to become the Temporary President for today’s session and I thank him for giving me this opportunity considering this was a post I turned down when I was nominated for it during our first session. YOUTH OF TODAY.....LEADERS OF TOMORROW This is a quote we often hear as we are the youth of today. But will we become the leaders of tomorrow? This is the reason we have ALL gathered here for this training
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WASHINGTON - Here is the complete text of President Barack Obama’s State of the Union speech‚ as prepared for delivery on Tuesday: Mr. Speaker‚ Mr. Vice President‚ Members of Congress‚ fellow citizens: Fifty-one years ago‚ John F. Kennedy declared to this Chamber that "the Constitution makes us not rivals for power but partners for progress ... It is my task‚" he said‚ "to report the State of the Union - to improve it is the task of us all." Tonight‚ thanks to the grit and determination
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In the past years we have had the total of 44 presidents. Some have been ok or good presidents. But we have also had are share fair of worst or bad presidents. All though I can sit hear and write about all of them and tell you what I think of each and single one‚ I’m not going to do that. What I will do is am going to talk to you about the two presidents that I think is the absolute worst and the absolute best. Ok ok maybe no the absolute but the ones that I think should be and that deserve those
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The Battle of Gettysburg‚ a major turning point in the civil war. The battle lasted five days‚ from June 30th - July 4th‚ 1863. The battle was fought between the Union and the Confederate armies. The union army was fighting to bring the United States back together and to end slavery. The Battle Of Gettysburg was a major turning point in the Civil War because of Failed Leadership and the number of men who were casualties. The Battle Of Gettysburg was a turning point in the civil war because of failed
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power from one leadership to another. It has been embedded in American civil religion and allowed for the incoming president to address the status of the nation. The term civil religion was first coined by Robert N. Bellah‚ who believed that the American politics follows rituals and ideals that are similar to that of a private religion. During Obama’s first inaugural address in 2009‚ he was able to use civil religion rhetoric in an effective manner that did not allow confusion between religious nationalism
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engulfed in war for four years and he has been re-elected president. In his second inaugural address‚ Lincoln expresses a desire to finally end the civil war in order to reunite the country. To accomplish this‚ he uses several unique stylistic elements in his address such as effective use of repetition‚ a religious tone‚ and comprehensible figurative language. Lincoln uses repetition in his inaugural address to notify his countrymen that the Civil War will end soon. He stresses the importance of unity
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John Brown’s address to the Virginia Court Origin: The address given by John Brown to the Virginia court was his final words before execution on charges of treason. The charges were given because of a raid that he directed with the intent to take federal weapons which is an act of treason. On October 16th-18th‚ 1859‚ the radical abolitionist John Brown led a group of white and black men‚ including two of his sons‚ on Harpers Ferry‚ Virginia. Brown’s goal was to seize the federal arsenal‚ arm
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The first inaugural address of Franklin D. Roosevelt was one that strove to lift the American people off their feet as the country entered some of it’s worst years during the Great Depression. One of Roosevelt’s strong advantages during his address was his ability to relate to the very real concerns of the everyday American citizens. With pressures of the failing economy facing the President-elect‚ he delivered this speech‚ addressing the nation about his plans for a New Deal. Roosevelt made his
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