On March 4‚ 1933‚ at the top of the Great Depression‚ Franklin Roosevelt made his first inaugural speech in front of 100‚000 people on Washington’s Capitol Plaza. That’s when he said “Don’t fear anything but fear itself.” which would give hope to Americans during the great depression. After FDR addressed his speech‚ the people knew he was the right man to elect as president as he was gonna take a big bold step. On the next day‚ FDR would declare a four day holiday for banks to stop people
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Ulysses S. Grant delivers his inaugural speech while America still battles with the issues brought on by the Civil War. The American Civil War tore the nation in two‚ leaving behind a detached set of people who needed a leader in order to regain their nation’s unified greatness. In this speech‚ he uses rhetorical strategies to reassure the audience‚ the entirety of the United States of America‚ that he is that great leader who will work to the best of his ability to unite the North and South once
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Taylor University inaugurates new president By: Janel Reichert UPLAND‚ Ind. – P. Lowell Haines proudly took his Presidential vows and gave his inaugural address on Friday as he officially became the 31st President of Taylor University. Current Taylor University students proudly joined in the celebration as the first group of undergraduates in several years to see a Presidential inauguration at their school. The festivities throughout the week helped them engage in the meaning of the event as
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Newly elected president Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) made his First Inaugural Address March 4‚ 1933. FDR spoke with an openness and frankness about the current economic condition of the U.S. He placed the blame squarely on the “Practices of the unscrupulous money changers stand indicted in the court of public opinion‚ rejected
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an audience. In the Inauguration Speech of 1961 given by President John F. Kennedy‚ he was able to really connect with his audience that day by using lots of different rhetorical devices. By using chiasmus‚ anaphoras‚ and metaphors‚ JFK was able to effectively reach and persuade people to have faith in him despite his age and religion. Perhaps the most important line of JFK’s entire inaugural address was a utilization of chiasmus‚ which is a figure of speech by which the order of the terms in
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My beloved countrymen‚ good evening. Over the past few months‚ a few topics have come to be the focus of public discourse. With the cacophony of discordant voices coming from many different sides‚ perhaps the subject of the Pork Barrel and DAP has begun to leave you confused. I am asking you for a few minutes of your time in order to bring clarity to these issues. You are all witnesses to the conflict taking place. On one hand‚ there is you and your government‚ to whom you gave the mandate for
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Henry Harrison (February 9‚ 1773 – April 4‚ 1841) was the ninth president of the United States. Harrison was won the election of 1840 and on April 4‚ 1841 he was the first president give a two-hour inaugural speech and the first to die during his first thirty days of office. Harrison’s inaugural speech was given during a cold wet March day and some say it’s what caused his cold which then turned to pneumonia that he was unable to recover from. Prior to Harrison becoming the ninth president he was
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Since the start of the administration of President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III in July 2010‚ one of his aims in able to keep our national territory secured. Also‚ we are aware on the present conflict in Mindanao especially in the portion of the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao which in many decades‚ many people was sacrificed especially the officers and members in military and police and the civilians which some of them are migrated to other parts of the country and most of them are now in Metro
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44th president‚ Barack Obama‚ in his 2009 Inaugural Address‚ discusses the economic decline within America. Obama’s purpose is to be rid of the economic decline of America while remaining true to America’s roots. He adopts a determined tone in order to inspire the Nation by appealing to the Nation’s history‚ struggles‚ and duties as U.S. citizens. Obama begins his address by paying oath to previous generations before him. He appeals to the audience by making references to the past narrating that
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Monday to address some of his legislative priorities. More broadly than that‚ the speech was remarkable for its clear and unapologetic defense of Progressive ideas. Although there were many aspects of the speech that reminded me of the 2012 campaign (“America’s prosperity must rest upon the broad shoulders of a rising middle class”)‚ in equal parts it was novel to me in its straightforwardness. Overall‚ the speech was effective in clarifying where the president stands at the start of his second term
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