Lincoln's second inaugural address

Shabazz Napier a guard from UConn University, sometimes goes to bed starving due to the fact that he cannot afford to buy food. He is unable to get a job because he spends most of his time on school, and his sport. I believe that college athletes should be paid. College athletes do not have time for a job due to going to school, and focusing on their sport. College athletes go to bed starving because they cannot afford to pay for their food. College athletes do not receive a portion of the money…

United States home to Freedom and Equality, America did not gain freedom and equality an overnight it took over hundreds of years to get. “May God write us down as asses if ever again we are found putting our trust in either the Republican or the Democratic parties” stated by W.E.B. DuBois, in 1922 after being deceived by Republican President Warren G. Harding and his promises for progression towards racial equality . During United States existence since 1776 two significant American presidents…

says, “Action! Action! not criticism, is the plain duty of this hour. Words are now useful only as they stimulate to blows. The office of speech now is only to point out when, where, and how to strike to the best advantage.” Later, in “Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address,” he gestures to a Union victory by saying, “The progress of our arms… is, I trust, reasonably satisfactory and encouraging to all. With high hope for the future, no prediction in regard to it is ventured.” At the end of the war,…

n 1829 Johnson was nominated and elected alderman of Greenville, despite the pertinacious attempts of the aristocrats to daunt him. Although one would expect Johnson’s paucity of education would be debilitating, Johnson remarkably was elected the second time, as well as the third time. He ultimately ended up with the position of Mayor of the town, announcing himself Democratic and holding this office for three consecutive periods. (Winston 23) The next step for Johnson was to be a member of…