George Washington Inaugural Address Summary

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The author of the speech the Inaugural Address was George Washington. He is credited to be genuine and honest. He takes his responsibility as the new president gravely seriously, as it should be. He was venerated by the country's result of choosing him to be our leader. By his words, you can envisage that George Washington is an intellectual and astute man that will wisely lead The United States of America. The author gave his speech in New York, on April 30th, 1789. The First Inaugural Address is grandly significant because he will become our first president. And that is why he wrote this speech, because he officially became our first president. He wrote it with meaning though, an oath to our country that will assure our prosperity and guise is in our faulty. Washington intended that his speech be take seriously and wholeheartedly. His intentions were not to be controversial, but serene with encouragement to have faith in him.

George Washington appears to have an original style. I was a bit surprised about how sincere and genuine he came across. In his speech, the word respect kept repeating numerous times. In my opinion, he seems to morally believe and follow the overall concept of respect. He was taking a stand as the president, a leader. When you read or hear the …show more content…

This speech could be read multiple ways, one perspective is ours, the citizens, and another perspective is threatening countries who wanted territory or war. Our perspective is a rising leader who will guide us through the disasters that may come to our country. And the opposing countries will take it as a sign that it won't be a facile victory. U.S. citizens from that time period took the speech as hope because of all the conflicts going on around the world, they saw it as a bright future. Citizens today, we see it as a historical speech of our famous first president George Washington, an honorable