The ideals of President Obama and George Washington mostly differ in their views, however there is at least one thing they agree on. The ideals that they do not agree on include whether the United States should be in alliances and whether Americans should embrace their similarities or their differences. While President Obama and George Washington did have a lot of differences in ideals and views they did agree on some things. One of these views that they agreed on was that faction was not a good thing for society to gravitate towards. Both of their views are shown in the speeches, George Washington’s Farewell Address and President Obama’s Inaugural Address.
The first difference in opinion that George Washington and President Obama is their …show more content…
George Washington talks about the citizens of America’s similarities as a good thing. When he says “With the slight shades of difference, you have the same religion, manners, habits, and political principles” (George Washington, Paragraph 6), he is talking about how even though we do have slight differences, in the end we are really all the same when it comes down to the most basic and important traits. He also believes that these similarities will help the country work together and move forward. President Obama says the exact opposite in his Inaugural Address, “For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness. We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus, and non-believers. We are shaped by every language and culture, drawn from every end of this earth” (President Obama, Paragraph 21). President Obama wants the citizens to embrace our differences and has the opinion that it is the differences among us that is the real reason Americans work together so …show more content…
George Washington Cautions against faction because, “…they tend to render alien to each other those who ought to be bound together by fraternal affection…” (George Washington, Paragraph 11). What George Washington is doing is cautioning against faction because that may cause us to follow other people’s views in our own faction rather than having our own thoughts and opinions. President Obama expressed similar views about faction in his inaugural address when he said “They saw America as bigger than the sum of our individual ambitions, greater than all the differences of birth or wealth or faction” (President Obama, Paragraph 10). President Obama was expressing that the founding fathers who started our country in the 1700s looked beyond the differences such as faction or wealth and instead really made the country for everyone. He is saying that faction is a restriction such as difference in wealth and birth
The first difference in opinion that George Washington and President Obama is their …show more content…
George Washington talks about the citizens of America’s similarities as a good thing. When he says “With the slight shades of difference, you have the same religion, manners, habits, and political principles” (George Washington, Paragraph 6), he is talking about how even though we do have slight differences, in the end we are really all the same when it comes down to the most basic and important traits. He also believes that these similarities will help the country work together and move forward. President Obama says the exact opposite in his Inaugural Address, “For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness. We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus, and non-believers. We are shaped by every language and culture, drawn from every end of this earth” (President Obama, Paragraph 21). President Obama wants the citizens to embrace our differences and has the opinion that it is the differences among us that is the real reason Americans work together so …show more content…
George Washington Cautions against faction because, “…they tend to render alien to each other those who ought to be bound together by fraternal affection…” (George Washington, Paragraph 11). What George Washington is doing is cautioning against faction because that may cause us to follow other people’s views in our own faction rather than having our own thoughts and opinions. President Obama expressed similar views about faction in his inaugural address when he said “They saw America as bigger than the sum of our individual ambitions, greater than all the differences of birth or wealth or faction” (President Obama, Paragraph 10). President Obama was expressing that the founding fathers who started our country in the 1700s looked beyond the differences such as faction or wealth and instead really made the country for everyone. He is saying that faction is a restriction such as difference in wealth and birth