Essay What makes a good president? The United States has had many presidential leaders since the late 1700s. Many had good qualities and some had bad qualities. However‚ the citizens prefer the great qualities in a president. An ideal president is a responsible‚ presentable‚ influential‚ relatable‚ experienced leader‚ who has a clear vision and plan to benefit the country. These qualities has been shown through past presidents‚ including Ronald Reagan. There are presidents that have not shown the
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I am writing you to nominate President Ronald Reagan for your Person of the Decade award. He was the 40th President of the United States‚ serving two terms in office. I think he was an excellent President helping to make great strides against communism during his Presidency. He was definitely commendable in his 1987 West Berlin speech‚ “Mr. Gorbachev‚ tear down this wall”. It had stood as a symbol of the divisiveness between Communism and Democratic freedom there between East and West Germany.
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Abraham Lincoln Lawrence Bays Axia The University of Phoenix HIS/115 Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president for the United States of America. He was considered on of the greatest presidents because of his fight and success in getting rid of slavery. Before Lincoln was president he was a self-thought lawyer from Illinois. Lincoln was president from March 1861 until his assassination by Johns Wilkes Booth in April 1865. Abraham Lincoln had many views on slavery and not
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qualities of a successful president? Being a successful president means being a leader‚ but what‚ exactly‚ are the characteristics of leadership? Some suggest there aren’t good presidents. William F. Buckley once famously remarked that “the office of the presidency is so staggeringly complicated that nobody‚ nobody‚ can be a good president.” I disagree. It is clear that it is‚ perhaps‚ one of the world’s hardest jobs. There was a sign on Ronald Reagan’s desk when he was president‚ and it said simply‚
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After World War II‚ President Roosevelt assumed everything was neutral‚ however tensions rose with the Soviet Union which turned into a conflict known was the Cold War. The Soviet Union kept trying to spread their communist ideology to many countries to gain their power over the world‚ however with the tensions between‚ the United States believed they were the only country that could stop them. The American diplomat Kennan suggested to the current president‚ President Truman ‚ that the containment
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Born on August 4‚ 1961‚ in Honolulu‚ Hawaii‚ Barack Obama is the 44th and current president of the United States. He was a civil-rights lawyer and teacher before pursuing a political career. He was elected to the Illinois State Senate in 1996‚ serving from 1997 to 2004. He w as elected to the U.S. presidency in 2008‚ and won re-election in 2012 against Republican challenger Mitt Romney. President Obama continues to enact policy changes in response to the issues of health care and economic crisis
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Shafer 1. Who do you believe was the author’s intended audience? Shafer is writing to the American voters‚ and non-voters. He is writing to explain Obama’s excellent speech skills. 2. What was the author’s intended purpose in writing the piece? He is explaining the methods‚ tactics and brilliance to Obama’s speech‚ composure and leadership skills. 3. What point does the author make in the text? Despite Obama’s race‚ he is able to confront the criticism that he is faced with in
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Speech Analysis Paper Name Institution Speech Analysis Paper I selected a speech that was given by Manal- Al Sharif. The speech was entitled “A Saudi woman who dared to drive”. The speech was delivered sometime in June 2013. It was presented in a worldwide set of conferences referred to as TED (Technology‚ Environment‚ and Design) conference. TED provides live streaming of dialogues and address an extensive array of topics within the practice of science‚ culture and research. The speech was
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Abraham Lincoln There have been forty four U.S. presidents over the past two hundred and twenty years. What president has served the best for our country? None other than Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln is the greatest president ever because he did great things such as ending slavery‚ getting the us through the Civil War‚ and helped our country a lot. The American Civil War was a war between the Southern states and the Confederate states. Abraham Lincoln was not very prepared for the war militarily
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turn into a deep depression. The depression caused a large majority of the country to lose what had been stable jobs and left them begging for work where they could get it and trying to figure out where their next meal would come from. In 1933‚ President Roosevelt was elected and put into action the New Deal which had the purpose of fixing the country and returning it to its old prosperous self. The new deal was successful because it put thousands of people back to work and improved industry which
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