The Speeches Of JFK And Roosevelt During The Cold War

FDR and JFK were both really important presidents during their time. They both gave great speeches about the US and how they wanted the world to be. During that time, the US was in a rough position with conflicts going on. Both Roosevelt’s “Four Freedoms” speech and Kennedy’s inaugural speech address the problem during that time with a way to fix the world. However, in Roosevelt's speech he talked about the nation all together whereas in Kennedy’s speech he wanted to have every person feel needed with others during a hard time. During both JFK and FDR’s presidency they both were in a time of major conflict. During FDR’s “Four Freedoms” speech, Roosevelt talked about not wanting to stay out of conflict because with the past of other countries trying to stay out of conflict makes it worse for the future. As Roosevelt states “Today, thinking of our children and of their children, we oppose enforced isolation for ourselves or for any other part of the Americas” (Roosevelt par. 5). Roosevelt wanted to protect the future for others so everyone could live happily. Roosevelt later states that when the World War broke out that it only was a small threat but as time went on people realized it would lead to the downfall of democratic nations to maybe affect the

JFK wanted others to unite and help each other during a hard time. Kennedy went through many other wars and hard times before his presidency such as serving in the military during WWII. Kennedy wanted to strengthen the military and wanted to help out other small countries around the US so the Soviet Union would not be able to launch nuclear weapons. Kennedy emphasized “To our sister republics south of the border, we offer a special pledge--to convert our good words into good deeds--in a new alliance” (Kennedy par. 10). Since Kennedy had the war experience he tried his hardest to tell everyone what is right and how everyone should handle