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Compare And Contrast Inaugural Address And The Four Freedoms

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In the two short stories, “The Four Freedoms” by Franklin D. Roosevelt and “Inaugural Address” by John F. Kennedy we hear a lot about freedom. In “The Four Freedoms” Franklin talks about how to win the war we must fight for our freedom, and stockpile weapons just like our enemies are doing.Whereas, in “Inaugural Address” John talks about the way to win the war is to try and keep peace. In “Inaugural Address” the role of the president in this short “story” is to try to play the middle man in the war. Not really on either side, just trying to keep the peace there for as long as possible. In paragraph 12 he says “ we offer not a pledge but a request: that both sides begin the quest for peace, before the dark powers of destruction.” Based on what he says here we can infer that he is going to have to take action if both sides of the war don't come together and have peace in the time of crisis. He also says in paragraph 9, “ to break bonds of mass misery, we pledge our best efforts to help themselves.” When he says this we can infer that all he wants for his nation is for misery to be gone, and t he also wants everyone to have their freedom back and not have to live in poverty and depression. …show more content…

In paragraph 19 he says,” We may take pride in the fact that we are softhearted, but we cannot afford to be softhearted.” This means that sometimes they can be “Soft Hearted” and not always resort to violence. They can usually go with the more peaceful plan, but this time they are not gonna be able to be peaceful because they are in such a hard time with the Germans. Also in paragraph 37 he says,” Therefore, the immediate need is a swift and driving increase in our armament production.” This is saying that we need to have more ammunition, more guns, more tanks, more missles, more military defenses and weapons to help us

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As a conclusion, both Roosevelt and Kennedy’s speech have impressive ideas of the meaning of the word “freedom”. They both present their main concerns, what they want to accomplish, and how the people and the country is going to help. Roosevelt’s speech gives basic human rights that he believes every person should be entitled to, whereas Kennedy’s speech he talks more to other nations and about what he pledges to them. As said in the above paragraphs the historical context, and the purpose also helped with the structure of the their speeches.

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Peace talks after peace talks and nothing seemed to fix the needs of the coalitions that were fighting. It was not till the constant threatening and ultimately acting of Unrestricted U-boat Warfare of the Germans that thrusted the Americans into war. One of the best quotes in the entire book that the authors using was from the declaration of war by President Wilson, after he declared war and stated that the reason that the United States was going to war to make the “world be must be made safe for democracy”. After the Congress applauded Wilson’s message, he stated to his secretary, “My message today was a message of death for our young men. How strange it seems to applaud that.”

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Finally, he says, “In vein, after these things may we indulge the fond hope of peace and reconciliation. There is no longer any room for hope.” This is a very strong statement to make, because hope is an extremely strong and fueling emotion. I think he says this to really make people realize and understand that there is no other option, and that fighting is their last chance .

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The United States experienced many battles and disagreements that have influenced the world in many ways throughout its existence. In these cases, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Lyndon B Johnson are both helping the country through difficult times through the State of the Union addresses. In the first passage, President Roosevelt explains how he believes that America can work together to prevent Japanese imperialism, and in the second passage, Johnson explains how America will fight to prevent communism in Vietnam and acquire peace. Although Roosevelt has mentioned some inspiring aspirations in his passage, the passage which includes part of Johnson’s speech sticks with one idea.

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One thing that really interested me about Lincoln “Second Inaugural Address” is that it was not a typical speech celebrating the end of the war. Instead of talking about themes such as victory or triumph, specifically over the institution of slavery, Lincoln tone is remarkable sad and melancholy. This is perhaps due to his desire to unite the country. He furthers this point by arguing that both sides “read the same bible, and prayed to the same God.” One consists theme of this speech is that both sides should essentially drop their malice and try to be compassionate towards one another.

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‘Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!’” By stating this he is trying to prove that we are all the same. As one country we are untied. After he shows that the war is affecting the

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Lincoln’s purpose of delivering the Second Inaugural Address was to use as a reminder that the issue of slavery played a huge part in the Civil War. He used his address to advise everyone that God was offended and it brought punishment to the nation as a whole. Now that peace is present, he told his listeners that they should use this as a time for a national reconciliation. Lincoln offered hope that they could rise above the sin and suffering to become a strong nation again.

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He reminds the Anabaptists of 1944 that their faith is rooted upon peaceful thinking. They should not and do not engage in violent actions such as war, vengeance, and/or taking arms contradictory to the environment that existed in World War II. They believe that all of these actions are unnecessary because they are “no longer under the Old Covenant” (21) and as previously stated, Jesus have already overcome the world. Therefore, Anabaptists, despite the hardships of the war, remained pacifists because of their love of God and love of their

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He claims that the WWI was “Armageddon” or the end of the world because it was the most destructive war ever witnessed by humanity. He also says that because it was a great war, the criminals and heroes cannot be found in such a war. However, these features are not what we saw in the past wars because in the old wars, there are heroes, such as Fredrick, Napoleon, Hannibal who physically lead their soldiers in the front lines of the army, but this cannot be seen in this war because of the decline of individual’s role in the new war that the process is a cooperative affair rather than individual. Moreover, this new feature is the reason of not having “loin-hearted warriors” because if the leader is away from his soldiers, then who will motivate them and lead them physically to do their job. As he mentions that it is not a stock market for the generals to do their job far away from the center, but it is war and they needs to be at the center of the battlefield and seriously direct their army.

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On January 6th, 1941 President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered his eighth State of the Union address to Congress, known as the speech of the “Four Freedoms.” The purpose of this speech was to persuade Americans to shift their attention from the Axis threat to the British and allied troops in desperate need of support. During the time of this address, America was in a great state of isolationism. The majority of Americans sought to disassociate themselves from any foreign ties, including wars. “Policies to curb immigration quotas and increase tariffs on imported goods were implemented, and a series of Neutrality Acts passed in the 1930’s limited American arms and munitions assistance abroad” (“The Four Freedoms”1).

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The American Declaration of Independence and the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen are both very similar yet also very different. For example, both documents supported the idea of more freedom and equality. On the other hand, the documents were written at different times and had different ways of expressing their ideas about more freedom and equality. Yet I still believe the American Declaration of Independence helped influence the idea of the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen.

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Over 100 million people in the world do not have the same basic freedoms that every American has, and over 4 billion people face harsh religious freedoms not allowing them to believe in what they want. During times of conflict in the world the United States and its presidents work to keep the freedoms that we as Americans have. Both Roosevelt’s “Four Freedoms” speech and Kennedy’s inaugural address describe how they want to preserve freedom in our country and the world. However, Roosevelt’s speech talks about aiding other countries to protect freedom and liberty, whereas Kennedy’s speech talks more about protecting our own country 's freedom and how to do it, through negotiation.

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John F. Kennedy discusses and analyzes on how the nation differs from the past and present day in that time period. Kennedy narrators on the division and war in the the world to appeal to the audience patriotism by using pathos and logos. In this speech President Kennedy states “to thoses who would make themselves our adversary, we offer not a pledge but a request; that both sides begin the quest for peace, before the dark power of destruction unleashed.” He uses this quote to obtain a logical appeal to the appeal to the people. Kennedy uses logos to show that he wants the nation to come together and be humble together in one peace.

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