President Franklin D. Roosevelt 's Speech

A president who led the United States out of the great depression into a new world and then through a terrorist attack to be know to have given the most memorable speech of the United States history is named Franklin Roosevelt. On December 7th, 1941,Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japan and the following day Roosevelt stood in front of the United States suggesting to declare war on Japan for their actions. Within Roosevelt’s speech he uses the audience’s emotion to bring them together against Japan with anger but also with hope. Then Roosevelt goes into the facts that are leading the country into danger to try and get congress to declare war; Roosevelt’s use of logos becomes a model for other speeches, like Bush’s speech after 9/11. Finally, Roosevelt is determined to show how unethical Japan was during the attack and how declaring war is truly moral to protect the country. Roosevelt’s infamous speech strives to bring the nation into unity to declare war on Japan through emotion, reason and virtues.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s speech, the “Pearl Harbor Address to the Nation”, was one of the most unforgettable speeches ever given by an American president: it was a speech so profound that the attacks on Pearl Harbor still “live in infamy” (par.2). On December 7th, 1941, amidst the destruction of World War II, the Imperial Japanese military and navy launched an attack against the United States naval base in Pearl Harbour. Hours after the attack, Roosevelt addressed the nation with a declaration of war on Japan. In his speech, Roosevelt uses the pillars of persuasion to justify his declaration of war; he uses ethos to influence the American people through his authority, logos to to characterize the Japanese attacks as deplorable, and pathos to urge Americans into taking action.

Language plays a crucial role in the development of power. Famous personalities in the United States use rhetorical devices to emphasize a specific point and make it clear to the audience. President Thomas Jefferson is a Democratic-Republican and won the election of 1800. In 1801 he presented his inauguration speech and was significant because it was the first time in the history when the power shifted from one party to the other. Martin Luther King, Jr. served as an American minister and played an active role in the civil rights movement. John F. Kennedy delivered his speech during his inauguration in order to develop relations with the Soviet Union and end Cold War. All the speeches were delivered by most known personalities and made use of rhetorical devices such as allusion and repetition to make their message memorable in the hearts of the citizens of America.

President Lyndon B. Johnson delivered on the most famous and fascinating speeches in American history on March 15 1965. The speech was inspired over the situation that occurred in Selma, Alabama one week earlier. African Americans were protesting over voting rights, as due to manipulation of the voting system by whites. The purpose of President Johnson’s speech was to convince Congress and Americans to pass his bill on voting reformation. President Lyndon B. Johnson’s speech is rhetorically effective, by using strategies such as kairos, pathos, logos and ethos.

The second term for President Franklin D. Roosevelt is very important for various reasons. One of them is that historically it was the first inauguration to be celebrated in January instead of March as previous presidential inaugurations. Secondary, this speech reminded people the New Deal intentions and accomplishments. Also, to underline the progress coming up and priorities in the second term of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

In 1933 President Franklin D. Roosevelt is taking the office from Herbert Hoover the president when The Great Depression began its destruction on America. Herbert Hoover was often thought of as one of the main reason for the Depression for he saw it as “a passing incident in our national lives” (New Deal). He did very little to help the people and believed that the situation “wasn’t the federal government's job to try and resolve.” A majority of American workforce is now unemployed when President Franklin D. Roosevelt takes office. President Roosevelt's inaugural speech is his way of expressing his goals as the new leader to the American people. Roosevelt is stuck in a situation where many of the American people already feel neglected because of Hoover’s lack of leadership. In Roosevelt’s speech he uses many techniques to make his claim. His claim being that the American people can trust that he is going to better their situations and America altogether.

In the year 1993 when Franklin D. Roosevelt gained the presidency the nation was going through a crisis known as the Great Depression. In his inaugural address he highlighted the economic issues that the american people were being faced with. During this time taxes had risen, many were jobless, others had to settle for low wages, hundreds of people lost years of savings. After F.D.R. reiterates the economic problems the people were being faced with he told them who to blame. He reminded them that the economy hadn’t fallen due to lack of resources, but by the stubbornness and incompetence of the ‘rulers of exchange’ better known as bankers.

In any given Sunday as we the football fans watch the sport with friends and family, screaming at our television, chanting and routing for our respecting teams to win, I can honestly say that not one of us think or know what the 26 president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt has done for the sport.

The day of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was a trying time for many Americans. One in which they looked to their president to give them reassuring and supportive words. In a speech given the day after the attacks, when many of the American people were still in shock or grieving, President Roosevelt effectively uses specifically chosen rhetoric to do just that. Through Roosevelt’s use of emotionally charged diction, repetition, and a confident tone, he firmly conveys the purpose of the speech, which is to not only urge Congress to make a formal declaration of war on Japan, but also to unite the American people in their support for said cause. Roosevelt’s emotional appeal in this speech is quite apparent in his word choice and diction.

Imagine that anxious feeling you get when you are about to give a speech. You are shaking, sweating, nervous, and despite the countless hours of preparation, you still are getting worked up over presenting to your class. Now, imagine finding out at the last moment that you prepared your speech for the wrong topic and are forced to present a new speech, with little to no preparation at all. This is a situation Ronald Reagan faced (to a much extremer extent) in his famous “White House Address to the Nation,” speech on January 28th, 1986, following the tragic results of the Challenger disaster.

"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself" is perhaps one of the most famous quotes of all time but it perfectly illustrates FDR's mindset. He believes that if the President, Congress, and the American people are too afraid to try anything new that could help fix the economy and move the country forward, then they will never make any progress. He then proceeds to mention some of the difficulties facing Americans during this time: increased taxes, farmers can no longer find markets for their produce, and the savings of many families are gone.

In his acceptance speech to the Democratic National Convention on June 27, 1936, President Franklin Roosevelt mentioned many challenges and concerns facing the United States during that time period. In his speech the President used short-hand phrases, brief references, and pejorative naming to make his larger, political and ideological points. FDR used terms like ‘economic royalists’, along with phrases like ‘new despotism wrapped in the robes of legal sanctions’, to identify the large corporations, investors and employers, who according to him are trying to influence policies and control the government for their own personal benefits. The President also uses phrases like ‘Necessitous men are not free men’, to reiterate his concerns and to point out how the working people of America are being deprived from their rights by these very same privileged employers. FDR compares 1936 to 1776, referring to the American Revolution and its significance in putting the power back in the hands of the average Americans, and how it is necessary to check the power of the corporations in order to protect the interests of the American people and restore the power back in the hands of the people.

On March 4, 1861, Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated president, having slipped into Washington D.C. to thwart assassins, and in his inaugural address, he stated that there would be no conflict unless the South provoked it. He marked restoration of the union as his top goal, and offered doubts about it splitting. He stated that geographically, the United States could not be split. A split U.S. brought up questions about the sharing of the national debt and the allocation of federal territories.A split U.S. also pleased the European

The title in the selection of Franklin D. Roosevelt's "State of the Union Address" tell that the work will be his view point on the State of the Union. In a State of the Union address the president discusses information of the Union as well as his stances. Roosevelt makes an observation stating "For there is nothing mysterious about the foundations of a healthy and strong democracy." Roosevelt seems confident that he knows how to provide such a "healthy and strong democracy." Later on in the selection, Franklin Roosevelt states that there are some social economical subjects that need "immediate improvement." He then provides examples of these subjects such as widening opportunities for adequate medical care. Roosevelt believes these type of

Millions of Americans were used to hearing to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt speak on the radio. His fireside chats were a calming time for families to gather and listen to the leader of the country. But when citizens across the country turned on their radios on December 8th, 1941, they knew they weren't going to hear another talk by the fire, this would be done the next night when Roosevelt would expand on his short speech the day before. When FDR made his address during mid-day on the December 8th, he was informing congress and the nation of the treacherous attacks on the previous day and making a declaration of war on perpetrators; the Japanese Empire.