In Obama's inauguration speech how does he persuade people to believe in him and follow him?
He pauses after important points to enforce their value.
Instead of discussing how he is going to fix our nation’s problems he makes it seem as if it is our task.
Calls us fellow citizens and whenever he refers to us he includes himself.
He is grateful and humbled at the task we have given him.
He constantly references us as a collective or as we the people.
He discusses the work that must be done in order to restore and transform our economy.
Declares what free men and women can achieve when imagination is joined to common purpose, and necessity to courage.
He questions whether our government works and wishes to restore the vital trust between a people and their government.
He discusses the importance of alliances and unity regardless of one’s religion or culture.
Discusses the importance of the Middle East and nuclear threats.
Discusses and relates the importance of how our forefathers fought and labored for us. Struggling and sacrificing that we might live a better life. They saw American as bigger than the sum of our individual ambitions, greater than all the differences of birth or wealth or faction.
He refers to our land as the most prosperous, powerful nation on earth.
Discusses the crisis we face involving war, a weak economy and the jobs and homes that have been lost.
Obama reaffirms the greatness of our nation using scripture and referencing God throughout his speech.
Some relatively important quotes:
“Your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy.”
“For the world has changed, and we must change with it.”
“For as much as government can do, and must do, it is ultimately the faith and determination of the American people upon which this nation relies.”
“Our journey down a long and rugged path towards prosperity and freedom.”
"Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America."
"So it has been; so it must be with this generation of Americans."
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