Obama: Back to School Event How do you motivate the young people to go to school – which is a great privilege – and get a good education instead of using all their spear time on video games and the TV? “Obama: Back to School Event” is a speech by the American president Barack Obama which he held at Wakefield High School in Arlington‚ Virginia at September 8 in 2009 – and in this speech Obama emphasizes the importance of education and hard work. The president is expecting to get the reaction that
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I have to agree with President Obama on one issue‚ poisonous gas should not‚ must not ever be used against any living thing; however I do not think that the United States should bear the full cost of any action taken against Syria. President Obama’s passionate appeal to retaliate against the Syrian regime for the death of hundreds of children appears hollow when we consider what the US did in Iraq under the same pretext of weapons of mass destruction. The US bombing and the consequential war killed
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"yes we can" is one of the most influential phrases in the speeches of barrack obama‚ But this 10-min speech blew me away. This was a scripted speech‚ and one of the best written and delivered I have seen in some time. this short speech had it all: simple but eloquent and powerful language‚ and a strong yet upbeat‚ friendly delivery. I think that Barack Obama’s Victory speech was extremely inspiring‚ motivating‚ and most of all in my opinion comforting to a rehabilitating nation in dire need
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John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address Inauguration is a formal ceremony that represents the start of a leader’s term in office. Here in the United States‚ it is tradition that elected presidents give a speech. President John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address was debatably one of the most memorable and quoted speeches ever given. The American people viewed John F. Kennedy as immature and cynical due to his selection at such a young age‚ doubting his optimism. Therefore‚ Kennedy was obligated to impress
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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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Background and Beliefs: Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama Jr. was born on August 4‚ 1961 to a Kenyan father and American mother in Honolulu‚ Hawaii. When he was two years old‚ his parents separated and later divorced. After his father received his Doctor of Philosophy in Economics from Harvard‚ he moved back to his native country of Kenya‚ where he became a finance minister until he was killed in a car accident in 1982. His mother remarried‚ and Obama moved with his mother and new stepfather
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figure in ending slavery and making all races equal. One of the most important things he did as president was abolish slavery with the emancipation proclamation. He was influential in changing the racial and political outlook on Americans and life for Americans. Abraham Lincoln had a rough start in life‚ but he made the most of his circumstances and grew up to be regarded as one of the greatest presidents in the history of The United States. He was born in Hardin County‚ Kentucky to Nancy Hanks and
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just cannot afford it. In an attempt to create a solution‚ President Barrack Obama came up with a universal healthcare program called the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act‚ also known as Obamacare. In this paper‚ key points that will be discussed are how the program works‚ its pros and cons‚ if it raises any issues with federalism and if the program is actually helping our nation’s healthcare crisis. President Barrack Obama has made it clear that when it comes to healthcare‚ everyone
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of the presidential inauguration‚ President John F. Kennedy employed the Leader Card to address the nation and its citizens. Because of this the president does not rely on any other talk card during the address. The Leader Card allows the speaker to present his motivations and intentions to facilitate change in society. During the inaugural address the Leader Card allowed the president to be perceived as a charismatic and charming commander in chief. Thus‚ President John F. Kennedy could maintain a
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In Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address‚ Lincoln faces a deeply divided nation in midst of a civil war. Lincoln hopes to mend fences by making a moving speech using inclusive and optimistic diction ‚parallelism‚ appeal to Common Christian‚ and substantial amount of balanced syntax. Lincoln’s optimistic diction invokes a sense of unity and establishes common ground for both‚ North and South‚ to find a compromise. Instead of using "the South" and "the North"‚ Lincoln always uses “all” to connect
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