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A Rhetorical Analysis Of Speech By Robert F. Kennedy

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The Speech I am choosing to analyze is Robert F. Kennedy’s speech following the assassination of the president and his brother John F. Kennedy. The theme of this speech is something best stated by a quote within the speech itself. “Among free men, there can be no successful appeal from the ballot to the bullet; and those why take such an appeal are sure to lose their cause and pay the costs.” – Abraham Lincoln. The speech talks heavily about how we like to view ourselves as a civilized people compared to how we actually act. Preaching peace while practicing violence is something many of us would not give two thoughts about because we have become so desensitized to this hypocrisy. The claim being made is simply that we as humans teach each
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