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    Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968) and John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) were heroes in the era that they shared. These two men gave speeches that forever altered America. These two men were both heroes and champions of their time. A hero is someone who is admired or idealized for courage (Webster). These men were known for their courage and sympathetic attributes‚ but also for their powerful‚ strong‚ yet stern speeches (Jones). The speeches these men gave stole the hearts of the citizens of America with

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    president. 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

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    united as a country‚ is so important. John F. Kennedy’s “Inaugural Address” and Martin Luther King Junior’s “I Have a Dream” are both great examples of such historical speeches. Both these speeches have many similarities such as‚ referencing the past‚ wanting change to happen‚ and both desired peace. Yet with all these similarities‚ each one had a different style‚ was given to different audiences‚ and about different topics. In Kennedy’s “Inaugural Address”‚ he is expressing how the country needs

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    JFK’s Message John F. Kennedy is one of the nation’s most popular and recognizable presidents of the 20th century. Kennedy is most famous in his presidency for his powerful and inspiring speeches. His positive energy and young yet wise personality made him easy to listen to for all audiences. In fact‚ on January 20th‚ 1961 John F. Kennedy delivered one of the most remembered speeches of all time; his inaugural address. At a time of racial tensions‚ economic hardships‚ and lingering fears of war

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    November 21‚ 1963‚ President Kennedy‚ along with Jackie Kennedy‚ traveled to Texas where they planned to make several appearances in an effort to gain support for the Democratic Party before the 1964 presidential election. Prior to the trip‚ several White House officials warned the president that going to texas was a bad idea because the state was so densely republican and therefore‚ he might have been in for a hostile environment towards his democratic views. Kennedy rebuffed their advice and made

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    Rhetorical Analysis of Kennedy’s Inaugural Address A newly elected president in America will typically address their goals during their inauguration ceremony. John F. Kennedy arguably gave one of the most compelling Inaugural Addresses in history. He effectively achieves his purpose by the end of his speech. Kennedy strives towards advocating unity throughout the country. John F. Kennedy approaches his Inaugural Address with the intent to unify the country through his use of anaphora‚ asyndeton

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    the United States. John F. Kennedy has‚ and continues to have‚ a profound effect on how American society views Catholicism and its ideals. John F. Kennedy shaped the acceptance of Catholicism into the American

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    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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    Abraham Lincoln ’s Second Inaugural Address As I read the lines carefully of Lincoln ’s Second Inaugural Address‚ I wonder how a man who is elected for his second term as president with over 54% of the popular vote‚ and in turn‚ compose such an eloquent address can be assassinated little more than a month later. In reading other commentaries concerning this address it seems to me that everyone concurs that this address is one of the finest speeches ever written by a president. Lincoln wrote other

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    Significance of Washington’s Farewell Address and Jefferson’s First Inaugural Address George Washington and Thomas Jefferson were the first and the third president‚ respectively. Both were great at being 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 permanent alliances and treaties‚ and also to not have different political parties‚ and he also stressed the importance

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