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    farewell address was the last speech that Washington did before he left office. The importance of this speech still affects us today as well as in the past. Washington’s letter of address was given on September 17‚ 1796. The address was not given by the president himself but was published in the American Daily Advertiser. Washington‚ Madison and Hamilton revised the address together. Washington wrote the final version of the address. The first point that Washington talks about in the address is the

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    writers to engineer such eloquence into a 15 min address is simply astounding. These speech’s by Roosevelt‚ Churchill and Eisenhower all provide a glimmer of how to inspire the masses to contribute and come together to combat a common cause. All three of these men understood how to communicate with their audiences. They bring about the problem and a general sense of direction without listing specifics to inspire and motivate. In Churchill’s address from to the commons he is discussing the strategies

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    Amy Verduzco Mr. Blacklock AP English 16 September 2014 For centuries‚ a president’s inaugural address has held profound importance‚ and is expected to be a memorable one. John F. Kennedy’s in particular‚ was one of the most touching and inspiring inaugural addresses in our country’s history and it continues to be analyzed in classrooms‚ articles‚ and on television today. His words gained the people’s confidence that he had a positive future in store for America‚ and his moving statements kept the

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    Reagan was faced with a task comparable to Franklin Roosevelt and his inaugural address needed to reestablish confidence in the American economy. As well as the economic crisis‚ Reagan was handed a continuing crisis in the Middle East. This crisis not only included a hostage situation at the United States embassy in Iran but also growing tensions between Iraq and Iran. It was Ronald Reagan’s first inaugural address that would cover these issues and give the American people the confidence they needed

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    both were established presidents in their own ways. In George Washington’s Farewell Address he advised Americans to not get entangled within foreign countries’ problems and conflicts and to not have everlasting alliances and treaties. Washington also did not like the idea of having diverse political parties‚ and he also stressed the magnitude of religion and morality. Thomas Jefferson‚ in his first Inaugural Address states that a superior government will be able to permit its citizens to be well mannered

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    next four years of the presidency. These speeches motivate and inspire the citizens. Most of the time‚ the president gives the speech to set a tone based on the current issues and struggles of the country. President Roosevelt and President Kennedy address fear in their speeches in similar and different ways. Both Presidents discuss the fear of citizens and consequences faced by the country. President Roosevelt addresses the fear during the Great Depression. Roosevelt wisely advised the people that

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    President Eisenhower’s Farewell Address is a well known speech given at the end of his presidency. In it‚ Eisenhower expresses his worry for the future of The United States of America. Eisenhower starts off his farewell speech speaking of four major wars in the past century. Being bias‚ he states " despite these holocausts‚ America today is the strongest‚ the most influential and most productive nation in the world" ( P.1). Obviously since he was the president of the nation‚ he feels a sense of

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    to accept expansion of federal power. Roosevelt recognized that the programs he was about to introduce for congressional legislative action to relieve the dire effects of the Great Depression were unprecedented in peacetime. In his 1933 inaugural address Roosevelt stated: "Our Constitution is so simple and practical that it is possible always to meet extraordinary needs by changes in emphasis and arrangement without loss of essential form. That is why our constitutional system has proved itself the

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    the issues that created poor sales and the downfall of the company. The following paragraphs will discuss how a training program would work and how it would help the organization succeed. There will be discussion as to how the training plan could address the unique challenges that arose during the final years of the company and how these challenges could have been solved through a training program. The goal of the training plan is to build team cohesiveness and increase member motivation‚ to improve

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    Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address of reconciliation was an attempt to convince the Union to restore friendly relations with the South and heal the torn nation. Lincoln takes his audience to the past‚ present‚ and future by mentioning his First Inaugural Address‚ the nation’s current condition and position‚ and his blueprint of the future and how to achieve such desired goals. His placement of blame and his stunning hope for reunification and reconstruction is best achieved through syntactical

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