Sen. John McCain's full speech at Liberty Medal ceremony
John McCain, an American politician and military officer, showed his speech at Liberty Medal ceremony.
"We lived in a land made of ideals, not blood and soil."
Part of speech for analysis :
We didn't always agree on the issues. We often argued --
sometimes passionately. But we believed in each other's patriotism and the
sincerity of each other's convictions. We believed in the institution we were
privileged to serve in. We believed in our mutual responsibility to help make
the place work and to cooperate in finding solutions to our country's problems.
We believed in our country and in our country's indispensability to
international peace and stability and to the progress of humanity. And through it
all, whether we argued or agreed, Joe was good company. Thank you, old friend,
for your company and your service to America.
"Thank you, too, to the National Constitution Center,
and everyone associated with it for this award. Thank you for that video, and
for the all too generous compliments paid to me this evening. I'm aware of the
prestigious company the Liberty Medal places me in. I'm humbled by it, and I'll
try my best not to prove too unworthy of it.
"We are living in the land of the free, the land where
anything is possible, the land of the immigrant's dream, the land with the
storied past forgotten in the rush to the imagined future, the land that
repairs and reinvents itself, the land where a person can escape the
consequences of a self-centered youth and know the satisfaction of sacrificing
for an ideal, the land where you can go from aimless rebellion to a noble
cause, and from the bottom of your class to your party's nomination for
president.
Here's my analysis for this part of speech :
We didn't always agree on the issues. We often argued -- sometimes passionately./ But we believed in each other's patriotism and the sincerity / of each other's / convictions. / We believed in the institution we were privileged to serve in. / We believed in our mutual responsibility / to help make the place work / and to cooperate in finding solutions to our country's problems. / We believed in our country / and in our country's indispensability to international peace and stability / and to the progress of humanity. /// And through it all, / whether we argued or agreed,
Joe was good company. / Thank you, old friend, /
for your / company and your service to America.
"Thank you, too, / to the National Constitution Center, / and everyone associated with it for this award. / Thank
you for that video, / and for the all too
generous compliments paid to me this evening. / I'm aware
/ of the prestigious company the Liberty Medal places me in /. I'm humbled by it, / and
I'll try my best / not to prove too unworthy of
it. /
"We are living in the land of the free, / the land where anything is possible, / the land of the immigrant's dream, / the land with the storied past forgotten / in the rush to the imagined future, / the land that repairs and reinvents itself, / the land where a person can escape the consequences / of a self-centered youth / and know the satisfaction / of sacrificing for an ideal, / the land where you can go from aimless rebellion to a noble cause, / and from the bottom of your class / to your party's nomination for president.
_________ = Story Telling
we believed in... = Repetition
the land = Repetition
Thank you = Tripling
/ = Pausing
/ = Pausing
/// = Silencing
Bold Red = Stressing
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