Ronald Reagan’s speech “A Time For Choosing” was intended to persuade his audience to believe the wrong-doings of the government, and persuade he did. Works Cited www.federalismandconservationism.com. Federalism and the New Conservationism. “A Time For Choosing”. Ronald
President Bush addressed the entire nation after the events that took place on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. In his speech, he addressed not only Congress but also the many thousands of Americans that were horrified and grief-stricken. President Bush spoke of the many men and women who died due to "evil, despicable acts of terror" and appealed to us using pathos. I would say that he provided a very decent and convincing argument in his speech. These events are still fresh in our minds, even 7 years later.
Also an unforgettable achievement of Reagans was ending the cold war which had been raging all the way back since World War 2 and America’s fear of communisms quest for world domination. He accomplished this by reversing the policy of détente and stood firm against the Soviet Union and giving aid to the rebels battling soviet-backed Marxists from Nicaragua to Angola which was critical in the ultimate collapse of the Soviet empire and ended the cold war. Despite the fact Reagan was excellent at speeches his belief in peace through strength became a realization and in the long run an important achievement. Basically since the military was diminished during the Carter years Reagan had to think of a way to rebuild and strengthen our military. He accomplished this by reviving the B-1 bomber that carter canceled, starting production of the MX missile, and pushing NATO to push Pershing missiles in West Germany.
When Reagan became President he had only one well-defined foreign policy goal: containing the Soviet Union or the "evil empire" as he once referred to it (Reagan 1983). He primarily wanted to stop the USSR from growing larger and to keep other non-Communist countries from becoming Communist. He disliked the decade-long Détente begun by President Nixon and continued by President Ford. Détente is defined as a relaxation of strained relations or tensions between nations, in this case the two nations being the United States and the Soviet Union. Reagan firmly believed that the USSR was using Détente and the SALT talks to take advantage of the United States.
“Above all we must realize that no arsenal or no weapon in the arsenals of the world is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.” Americans not only have rights, they have responsibilities. Reagan connects American exceptionalism and the attitude of ordinary Americans in his moving quotation from the diary of a hitherto obscure American casualty of World War I, Martin Treptow, who wrote “I will fight cheerfully and do my utmost, as if the issue of the whole struggle depended on me alone.” Even when Reagan notes the monuments to the great Presidents he cites Washington’s humility and Lincoln’s life, an allusion to his humble origins. In the spirit of the American Founders, Reagan affirms “I believe God intended for us to be free” and proposes that inauguration day “should be declared a day of prayer.” It is for such a people—heroic yet humble, revolutionary but religious—that Reagan vows to transform the federal government, fighting cheerfully and at his
Reagan directly impugned the Soviet Union’s faulty reasoning behind their idea of “morality” when he says, “…as good Marxist-Leninists, the Soviet leaders have openly and publicly declared that the only morality they recognize is that which will further their cause, which is world revolution…” (Reagan 112) and solidified the idea that the Soviet Union had underlying motives towards a nuclear stockpile. Reagan argued that the US should increase its nuclear inventory and scientific advancements to protect in case of an attack. In the end, nuclear warfare is not always the struggle between good and evil and as Reagan puts it, “…but we must never forget that no government schemes are going to perfect man. We know that living in this world means dealing with what philosophers would call the phenomenology of evil or, as theologians would put it, the doctrine of sin.” (Reagan 97) Reagan does not directly point out the Soviet Union’s flaw to eliminate freedom, but instead affirms the main goal of the United States at the time, which was to eliminate communism. During the final summit meeting, Reagan disclosed to Gorbachev that he no longer viewed the Soviet Union as an “evil empire” because of the reformations in the two countries; this demonstrated how far the countries had come as well as how beneficial the four summits were in improving relations between the
He did an exceptional job as a union leader and his courage and strength gave a majority of the people hope and admiration. Not only was President Reagan a strong leader but he always had a smile on his face and a good natured sense of humor. After his attempted assassination he showed tremendous courage and even joked to his wife Nancy “Honey, I forgot to duck,” and was immediately back at work. Even at the hardest times in life he was able to keep positive persona. Regan governed with focused self-confidence and he never considered his position to place him above those he led.
Appealing to the viewers and sponsors with looks and personality could result in a victory by itself. After all, it is on television, and though the people of Panem are forced to watch it anyway, they still attempt to make it seem like an entertaining show to watch. When Katniss first arrived to the capital, the fashion there seemed quite vibrant and seemed incredibly overdone. The most staggering extreme that seemed to stand out is that the people of Panem took to was dying their skin a certain color. Interestingly, even Katniss who had seen the Hunger Games many times on television seemed to be appalled by the preposterous looks of the Capital's people, with few exceptions.
He wants to build positive relationships and avoid negative ones. Libertarians believe that we should take a page out of Switzerland’s book, and be neutral. They believe we should not pick sides in other country’s battles. There has been proof that this does not work. As reported by the libertarian party’s website, “US attempts to choose winners and losers in other countries have been marked by repeated disasters: Osama bin Laden, Saddam Hussein, and Muammar Gaddafi all received military support from the US before they became US
Lately Minah had been half deaf to everything he had to say; but now he yearned to whisper to her, to tell her that his lucky star had finally appeared. Where was everybody? Mamat walked straight on. He strode with confidence. The mountain of pride that filled his chest stood firmly there in all its glory; it would come down only for his wife.