Washington's Advice on How to be a People “You should cherish a cordial, habitual, and immoveable attachment to your unity... discountenancing and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our country from the rest” (Washington paragraph 9). “The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government (Farewell paragraph 16). “The policy and the will of one country are subjected to the policy and will of another” (Address paragraph 24). “Inveterate antipathies against particular Nations, and passionate attachments for others, should be excluded” (Washington's Farewell Address paragraph 32). The entire address is filled with advice from Washington that would ensure a perfect lifestyle, but paragraphs 9, 16, 24, and 32, which the quotes above are from, are the ones that stood out the most to me.
Washington begins the address by informing the nation of his intent to not seek a third term as President of the United States. “I should now apprise you of the resolution I have formed, to decline being considered among the number of those out of whom a choice is to be made.” Washington informs the nation. He continues be explaining how he had originally intended to retire from the office a term earlier. Washington expresses a “deep acknowledgment of that debt of gratitude which I owe to my beloved country for the many honors it has conferred upon me” and assures the people the he still cares deeply about the future of the nation. Washington makes clear the necessity and importance of a national union, a union which must be achieved and maintained socially, geographically, and politically.
George Washington served two terms as the first president of The United States from 1789 to 1797. When asked to extend his reign as president for a third term, Washington respectfully declined due to the years of exhaustion and his advanced age. In his farewell address, Washington defines how important the roles of liberty, political parties, morality, and religion are to the unity of the young and growing country. Washington explains that in order to be successful each of these aspects is essential along with an attitude of loyalty. Washington first addresses the importance of Liberty.
This is the supremacy of power for most however for Eisenhower this was only the beginning. After he was re-elected, Eisenhower gave his Second Inauguration Address, which he titled, The Price of Peace. This explained how America was going
He begins his inaugural speech by using parallelism to emphasize the importance of his victory in the presidential race. Kennedy describes his victory as “symbolizing an end, as well as a beginning- signifying renewal as well as change.” He uses opposition to explain that now he will start a new phase as a president, of all, not the candidate for some. Applying anaphora, he says “to” in order to address all of the different people he
John F. Kennedy addressed the country as President for the first time on January 20, 1961, keeping the audience thinking about the future of the United States, but the future of other countries as well. In this Inaugural Address, Kennedy uses antithesis to set up a way of thinking that has to be broken down in order to fully understand what the point is, which is bettering our country as well as others. John F. Kennedy appeals the country through antithesis in his Inaugural Address by engaging the U.S. citizens to think about branching out to help other countries as well as improving the United States. Kennedy has many valid points on branching out of the United States to help those in other countries. Although, Kennedy gets his audience, Americans, engaged through antithesis, “Support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.” Kennedy switched up the words in his speech to get the audience thinking positively about supporting those who want the help of the United States.
Alexis Brant p.6 Miller Aug. 26,2013 Jefferson’s Speech As Jefferson refers to in his inaugural speech, “During the contest of opinion through which we have passed, the animation of discussions and of exertions has sometimes worn an aspect which might impose on strangers unused to think freely and to speak and to write what they think;” Jefferson was also the author of the Constitution. He talked about freedom in both the speech and the Constitution. My first freedom I wish to talk about is the freedom of speech. As Jefferson said in his Inaugural Address “...unused to think freely and to speak and to write what they think…” He is basically saying that no one can tell you what you can and cannot say. That is one reason why the government created the Miranda Rights, so that way you know whatever ‘you say can and will be used against you in the court of Law..’ The First Amendment states, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” The freedom of speech represents in our daily lives by allowing us to express how and what we
CONTEXTE I’ll talk about the Resignation Speech of the General George Washington As everyone must know, George Washington was the First President of the US, but he was also the Major General and the Commander-in-Chief during the American Revolutionary War American Revolutionary War is also called the War of Independence (1775-1783) Where was the rebellion of the 13 of the North America colonies declaring themselves as an independent “United States of America” In other words, it was the creation of the US George Washington was the leader When the war is over, in December 1783, George Washington made a surprising decision : to resign and to take his leave from the power What is surprising is that he didn’t follow
THE POWER OF JOHN F. KENNEDY’S INAUGURAL SPEECH IN MODERN POLITICAL WORLD Inaugural addresses are given by leaders at the beginning of a new administration or term. It signifies the vision, mission and goals of the new government. Furthermore, it sums up the current situation of a nation and its plans for the future. Kennedy’s inaugural address was different from the speeches of his predecessors because it held ideas that were timeless, unique and universal which could be applied by leaders of any nation at any given time even in modern political world. For instance, freedom and human rights, foreign aid policy, Global solidarity and so forth.
Ronald Reagan’s First Inaugural Address urges Americans to recall the achievements of the American Founders, in particular their confidence in self-government and individual freedom. Against liberalism’s reliance on bureaucracy, Reagan insists that “government is the problem” and that ordinary Americans should be recognized as heroes. He allows the very setting of the Inauguration—for the first time on the west side of the Capitol, facing the monuments—to honor the Founders before his audience. For an America beset by economic woes and a vacillating foreign policy, Reagan exudes a confidence in the people exercising their freedom to revive America. He draws on the strengths of earlier inaugural addresses—including the bipartisanship of Thomas Jefferson, the resolve of Abraham Lincoln, and the confidence of Franklin Roosevelt.