Liberty Of Death Speech Analysis

Patrick Henry’s intricate “Liberty of Death” speech was an imperative moment in american history. Patrick Henry, inspired by the taxation and limited freedom, create a speech out of thin air. His speech is more notorious and inspirational, not simply because it was unprepared, but because it represented America’s (somewhat greedy) thirst for freedom. Just like “Liberty of Death,” the inaugural address rendered by John F. Kennedy was formed to persuade the masses about nuclear warfare in their century. While JFK’s address was created because of his duty as the president, not out of “pure patriotism.” JFK’s address and Patrick Henry’s speech both have strong personal messages to invoke the people, messages they want to imprint onto the world. …show more content…
Having wrote this in that particular time period, Patrick Henry used the topic to further influence the people easier. On the last page of Patrick Henry’s speech, “Sir, we are not weak, if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power.” Patrick Henry is telling us that God has given this natural power to us, to not forget we are not weak. To not use our “god given” rights to fight, we are abusing God. This tactic is used by both men but Patrick’s time period is more influence by these arguments, the bible having more influence over that time period. JFK focuses not purely on religious manipulation, but with a strict moral code. Therefore, Patrick Henry’s ideas and manipulation is used to convince the religious and extreme; the majority in that century. By contrast, JFK’s unprepared address focuses on unity and hope for the future agreements that will calm the world’s population. JFK is not yelling at us to start a war for glory, he is describing that unity with our allies will gain more than war. But he does not back down to say we are weak as nation, “So let us begin anew--remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always subject to proof. Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.” A quote that tells us we should not fear compromise, but we will not negotiate out of fear. He says this to …show more content…
Kennedy’s address is that it is longer than Pan Patrick Henry’s. To prevent panic and general hysteria, JFK presented them with an inspiring speech that could cause a major reaction. “All this will not be finished in the first 100 days. Nor will it be finished in the first 1,000 days, nor in the life of this administration, nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet. But let us begin.” JFK makes a point of addressing they many never see the success of their endeavors. That not just the USA risk the destruction of humanity, but every country. He used the terms “both sides overburdened” to give equal ground to our allies, as well as a sense of humanity to these alien countries. Patrick Henry’s speaker contrast this calm understanding with burning patriotism and angst. His anger is clearly seen with this quote, “It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, ‘Peace, peace’--but there is no peace. The war is actually begun!” His circumstances and time period influences his extreme behavior and speech. From tarring the auditioners to provoking people to create rebellions. His extremist views are so passionate because of his personal conflicts with these problems he’s preaching about, but with JFK its a world problem. Less passion is put in, but with more calculation to make sure the public would agree to a world wide decision. Thus, Patrick Henry uses his passion to invoke an equally passionate reaction, be it anger or