Franklin D Roosevelt's Second Inaugural Speech

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Connecting Decades Franklin D. Roosevelt was the president of the United States in 1941. He delivered “The Four Freedoms” address to convince Congress to support the country to fight in World War II. At the end of the war, the United Nations adopted the “Universal Declaration of Human Rights” (UDHR) in 1948. The purpose of this document was to help the countries recover after war. In 1997, democracy was going trough a controversial time. Then, Robert D. Kaplan wrote “Was a Democracy Just a Moment?” to show his point of view and argue about democracy. After 16 years, the current president of the USA, Barack Obama, gave his “Second Inaugural Address” when democracy was truing but the economy was in crisis. Even…show more content…
All people have the right to education. Roosevelt, Kaplan, and Obama mentioned the importance and the right of education for society. In Roosevelt’s list of basic needs, he states that “The enjoyment of the fruits of scientific progress in a wider and constantly rising standard of living” is one of the basic things expected by people. Scientific progress makes economy, the country, and people’s lives better. It brings money for research, credibility for the country, and medicine improvements. All of this cannot happen without education. Improving and supporting education is very important for a country’s development. Kaplan wrote, “Unless the middle classes are enlarged and institutions modernized, the wave of democratization will not be consolidated.” The government needs to be ruled by the majority of the people. The middle class is the majority. Democracy needs a larger middle class and more modernized institutions to keep existing. It will only happen with good education. According to UDHR, “Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be
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