Inaugural Speech Vs Obama's Inaugural Address

Through any american’s life, they have lived to see an inauguration of some president. Most of us remember it as a way for this presidential elect to tell its country what to do. However, some of us have a kind of remembrance of at least one of them. These speeches might be the most important, or even most emotional, you’ve heard the president say throughout his entire office period. These are how the people felt during Obama’s speech. Some people were moved to tears. Some people even felt this way about George Washington’s inauguration speech and back then, there wasn’t even any type of cameras back then. Both of these speeches brought the people of that time period together, however, the things they talked about that were completely different …show more content…
In the text, it says, “Now, there are some who question the scale of our ambitions, who suggest that our system cannot tolerate too many big plans.” (Obama, Inaugural Speech) The text also said “We are shaped by every language and culture, drawn from every end of this Earth; and because we have tasted the bitter swill of civil war and segregation, and emerged from that dark chapter stronger and more united.” (Obama, Inaugural Speech) These two quotes show us that some people doubted this country and has reason to belief. As the second quote said, the country has been through “dark chapters”, like the civil war and segregation, things that discriminated certain human beings. However, we have learned to never do these acts again because we know how bad it was and we were able to fix it. By doing so, we have unified together as a country to pull together and learn from our wrongs. These were the main points of that made Obama’s speech different from Washington’s