Mrs. Wells
Period 1
October 3, 2017 Oklahoma Bombing Memorial Address “You have lost too much, but you have not everything.” President Clinton gave the Oklahoma Bombing Memorial Address after a terrorist attack on April 19, 1995 in a federal building in Oklahoma. In his speech, he used religious language and advice to comfort those who lost family members, making the speech effective. To begin with, Clinton used religious language. He said words that resonated with the onlookers. For example, “It embodies the lesson of the Psalms- that the life of a good person is like a tree whose leaf does not wither.” Here he explains that in this section of the Bible it teaches you that a good person will