Franklin D. Roosevelt shows his devotion to the United States and its people in his speech about Pearl Harbor. He uses rhetorical devices such as anaphora and parallelism to distinguish his argument towards Japan, sending the message that we are not backing down. He assures to the citizens of America that he intends to prevent such a harmful and gruesome event, such as the attack on Pearl Harbor, to never happen again. “There is no blinking at the fact that our people, our territory and our interests are in grave danger.” Roosevelt uses the word “our” multiple times to show that America is united. By doing this, he emotionally draws more attention to the issue by including the people of our nation. It is the most effective quote because most
