Ronald Reagan was elected the 40th President of the United States on November 4‚ 1980. Reagan dominated the primary elections for the Republican Party. George Bush was Reagan’s running mate‚ and the two men campaigned on a platform promising a balanced budget‚ steep tax cuts‚ increased defense spending‚ and a constitutional amendment to band abortion. Reagan charged that the country’s military had been allowed to deteriorate badly because of the Democrats. Reagan is known for his national television
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"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." Franklin D. Roosevelt pronounced in his inaugural address. It is a quote most of has heard many times‚ somehow most of us feel as though it applies to someone else‚ but never ourselves or our situations‚ but when it comes down to it‚ we find that it is almost always true. This is how I realized it applied to myself. I had always wanted to go back to college to become a registered nurse. No one else in my family had ever made it that far before so I
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On January 20‚ 1961‚ John F. Kennedy delivered his speech to citizens and peoples of the world. Many believe it was the finest inaugural speech delivered to America. Kennedy take focus on global unity and the value of free society at home and every continent around the world. Science in warfare was on a new stage of power.Kennedy urges this political catastrophe to end and focus on our value of life by assisting the poor. Decades of misery and poverty has been long overdue. He has called all to
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Lyndon B. Johnson and Ronald Reagan were both highly influential men in American history. They both had the ability to connect to people and make them believe what they believe in. Even though they both were from the Democratic Party at this time‚ they had different views on what our society should be like. Lyndon B. Johnson was an advocate for having a “Great Society”. However Ronald Reagan‚ who has been a Democrat his entire life‚ decided to go a different route and advocate for Barry Goldwater
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Patricia Bjorklund English 111 June 27‚ 2013 John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address The author of this essay is John F. Kennedy and the title of this essay is (Inaugural Address). The Inaugural address is the speech that John. F Kennedy gave on January 21‚ 1961. This speech is about freedom; freedom for all. The Inaugural Address addressed many factors like helping the poor‚ loyalty‚ liberty‚ mass misery‚ alliance for progress and opposing aggression. Kennedy wants all nations to get along
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rhetoric in his speeches. When comparing “The Gettysburg Address” to “The Second Inaugural Address” one can see that Lincoln applied similar rhetoric. Both addresses contain parallelism and anti-thesis ; however‚ they differ in length and purpose. When comparing both pieces of literature one notices how the former 16th president uses parallelism in both “The Gettysburg Address” to “The Second Inaugural Address”. In “The Gettysburg Address” Abraham Lincoln uses parallelism in the following line “all
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Every four years America elects a new president to run our country‚ and in January of the next year the new president makes a speech to the American people. Each president takes office at a different time in the country‚ which requires a different type of speech for the American citizens. When John F. Kennedy took office in 1961‚ America had been dealing with the Cold War‚ the Space Race‚ and the Civil Rights Movement‚ so America needed a speech the would send hope and strength to themselves and
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stepped to the podium to give the anticipated Oath of Office and Inaugural Address. The Inaugural Address of 1993 provided a sufficient amount of evidence that if looked back on‚ would show that Clinton had kept the promise of “change” that the speech and campaign had been built around. Clinton worked to get the Family and Medical Leave Act‚ “Don’t ask‚ don’t tell”‚ and to raise overall economic growth. In the Inaugural Address Clinton said‚ “When our founders boldly declared America ’s independence
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reflect the U.S as a strong force among others. James Madison‚ fourth president of the United States‚ was widely viewed as introverted as well as respected for his intellect. In 1813‚ during the midst of the War of 1812‚ Madison delivered his second inaugural address to the white men in America eligible to vote. During 1813‚ Madison is addressing a nation divided in a time calling for unity and harmony. Madison thoroughly expresses conflicts of the war between the British and Indians as wells as how America
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In 1961 John F. Kennedy gives his inaugural speech to the desperate Americans. The American citizens are in need of hope‚ and need to believe this young president is the right man to lead their future. His inaugural speech gave Americans comfort‚ and hope that they needed at the time. Throughout his speech Kennedy uses emotion-arousing words‚ anaphora‚ antithesis‚ and rhetorical questions to encourage Americans to show their patriotism. In the beginning of Kennedy’s speech he uses antithesis. Kennedy
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