Everyone takes it in different ways but it all comes into an overall point being made. The speech made by Ronald Reagan is about the wall of Berlin that separates the city and its people. Reagan states “This wall will fall.beliefs will become reality”(Eidenmuller) the beliefs of the people matter to every-one of these speakers and just like the Ronald Reagan speech, they are trying to break down a “wall” that holds the people back from taking a stand for what they want. The “wall” represents the government’s choices and actions that the people of america disapprove. Thoreau states “Government is best which governs not at all” (Saxby) he says this to tell the people that the government are the people of America. The government need the people to run the country and what they need and want should always be their primary objective, not making more money from the citizens. All speakers speak against the way the government chooses to run the country and the decisions they make. Sojourner Truth talks about how women still don’t have rights and how men think that we are just some house maid to come home to after work or a night of fun. Our history is full of mistakes and most of the time we learn from …show more content…
The speakers make sure that the people fight for their wants and they remember the day that want was achieved. We are usually known as “The united states of amnesia” (Allison 28-29) because we don’t care about our history and the mistakes we made. Since we don’t care what happened in our history, we make the same mistake twice which make America look bad. America is the country that only cares about what is happening now and we are the “perfect country” (Me) which means that we have no problems and we always make the right choice for the American citizens. To the speaker's, America is just like any other country with mistakes and flaws in the economy. They say that there will always be something that the people want from the government. The government may be the leaders but the constitution states that the people are the government and not just one person. Many people think that the government makes the right decisions but they are