This speech was given by General Douglas MacArthur as he is accepting the Thayer Award at West Point University. This award is given every year an outstanding citizen whose service and accomplishments in the national interest exhibit the Academy's motto, "Duty, Honor, Country." General MacArthur goes on to say "Duty, Honor, Country: Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be. They are your rallying points: to build courage when courage seems to fail; to regain faith when there seems to be little cause for faith; to create hope when hope becomes forlorn." He goes on to talk about how duty and honor molds the soldiers, makes then strong and proud, and gives them the courage they need in the face of danger. This speech would be a motivational speech to anyone who is serving or has served in the military. He also talks about the struggles and dangers of being a soldier and I believe the purpose of this is to let public know that young men are risking their lives to give us the Freedom and liberties that many of us Americans take for granted. This speech both motives and informs, this is why I feel its a good speech.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
"Duty, Honor, Country"
This may not be the best speech ever given, but this is definitely a good speech. I choose this speech because I figured that most of the class would choose the most popular famous speeches and I wanted to be different.
This speech was given by General Douglas MacArthur as he is accepting the Thayer Award at West Point University. This award is given every year an outstanding citizen whose service and accomplishments in the national interest exhibit the Academy's motto, "Duty, Honor, Country." General MacArthur goes on to say "Duty, Honor, Country: Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be. They are your rallying points: to build courage when courage seems to fail; to regain faith when there seems to be little cause for faith; to create hope when hope becomes forlorn." He goes on to talk about how duty and honor molds the soldiers, makes then strong and proud, and gives them the courage they need in the face of danger. This speech would be a motivational speech to anyone who is serving or has served in the military. He also talks about the struggles and dangers of being a soldier and I believe the purpose of this is to let public know that young men are risking their lives to give us the Freedom and liberties that many of us Americans take for granted. This speech both motives and informs, this is why I feel its a good speech.
This speech was given by General Douglas MacArthur as he is accepting the Thayer Award at West Point University. This award is given every year an outstanding citizen whose service and accomplishments in the national interest exhibit the Academy's motto, "Duty, Honor, Country." General MacArthur goes on to say "Duty, Honor, Country: Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be. They are your rallying points: to build courage when courage seems to fail; to regain faith when there seems to be little cause for faith; to create hope when hope becomes forlorn." He goes on to talk about how duty and honor molds the soldiers, makes then strong and proud, and gives them the courage they need in the face of danger. This speech would be a motivational speech to anyone who is serving or has served in the military. He also talks about the struggles and dangers of being a soldier and I believe the purpose of this is to let public know that young men are risking their lives to give us the Freedom and liberties that many of us Americans take for granted. This speech both motives and informs, this is why I feel its a good speech.
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I like this speech a lot. MacArthur was a badass and did whatever it took to win even if that went against direct orders. I can't believe Truman dismissed him.
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