Essay On George Washington's Farewell Address

Before and during George Washington’s presidency, he felt as if he was unqualified for the job and in fact was worried about his presidency. Washington’s farewell address was meant to thank his audience and friends for support through his presidency even though he did not feel as he was the right person for the job. Headed for retirement, Washington penned the address to an audience to assure them that the new country would still prosper even without his leadership. It was meant to give his audience peace about his stepping-down and understanding that his retirement was made possible by an immense amount of supporters and friends who cared for the country.

In The Cog, Charles Fritch uses symbolism to show readers that life choices can cause regret in future years. The tough decisions that people make can cause the most fulfilling life or they can wake up one day miserable. James Maxwell was one who wished he had followed his dreams instead of living with a more practical life. He had a very successful life, but he wasn’t doing what he had always dreamt of. He was the president of the world, but by his standards, that wasn’t enough.

George Washington also acknowledge that he made mistakes himself and is far from a perfect individual but made clear to be open minded of criticism and corrections and to seek challenges by taking the easy routes in life. Washington’s Farewell Address is important part of our history and is taught up till this day to young American children in our schools and by Historians but few people understand the meaning and the importance behind the Farewell Letter. The Farewell Address the federal government, warnings against the party systems, the importance of religion and morality, warnings against forming a permanent foreign alliance, and a powerful military. George Washington has an overwhelming reputation by his military service, his position as our first president of the United States of America, and by leaving his position in office by leaving behind his Farewell Address to give present and future Americans insight on the history of our country and what it’s known for. It’s well encouraged to research what American history is about and how we can apply the Farewell Address into our life by living in peace, exercising our freedom of speech and choice or religions, along with respecting our governments and live in unity to achieve success.

Roosevelt states, “...the tempo of modern warfare could bring into our very midst the physical attack which we must eventually expect if the dictator nations win this war” (15). Roosevelt says this in the way he did because at this point in time he didn’t want to physical fight but he knows if the country needs to we will. Roosevelt knows that wars do not solve the problem which is why he simply wanted to aid countries and not physically fight with them, causing the loss of many lives. Roosevelt had four basic freedoms that he wanted to be conserved and saved.

In The Cog, Charles Fritch uses symbolism to show readers that life choices can cause regret in future years. The tough decisions that people make can cause the most fulfilling life or they can wake up one day miserable. James Maxwell was one who wished he had followed his dreams instead of living with a more practical life. He had a very successful life but he wasn’t doing what he had always dreamt of. He was the president of the world but by his standards, that wasn’t enough.

Foreign affairs have always been a subject of debate for America ever since its birth. George Washington wanted America to avoid foreign affairs ant to stay neutral, but politicians did not listen to him and wanted to enforce their own form of justice across the world. America’s involvement in foreign affairs has always been for a different reason, at times it could be as childish as having a strong disliking for another country’s way of life. The United States sees itself as one of the most powerful countries in the world, as an icon of sorts, and because of this, they feel that their way of life is the only way of life. However, that is not the case, America overall wants other countries to be parallel to their own form of government, ideologies,

“Christopher Reeve”. That 's why I chose my dad as my hero. No matter what the task is he was willing to do it just help an make a in pact on people so why don’t we do do the same. Who are your heros?

In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.” I believe that Truman meant that without courageous leaders, people do not know what to do, therefore progress will not occur. This goes for the leaders of the military as well. Without those leaders, most soldiers do not know what to do so wars cannot be won.

Being the second president he was left with big shoes to fill from George Washington. Congress and citizens of the United States had extremely high expectations for him. He legacy in modern history remains controversial. Adams is remembered for his positive impacts on America by peacefully avoiding war with Britain and France, despite the pressure he faced all around him. Perhaps if Adams decided to go to war the history of the United States would have been very different.

From building libraries, to handling the Civil War with intelligence, and tying the nation back together and building schools, George Washington had started it all. He was one of our great Founding Fathers of the Constitution, and without a start, there would be nothing. In the same manner, Washington did fought to keep our country from invasion. He was not the type of president to have power over his head and demand unreasonable things. Even after the war, he was one to lead the country back to peace and keep the nation safe and away from

McCullough reassures us how important this year was for American history. He places his views through his extensive use of research, from battle plans, letters, journal entries, and more. But as important as the Declaration of Independence and political aspects may be, it does not fit in with McCullough’s purpose. His purpose concludes military aspects of 1776 in the war itself. McCullough’s solidifies his views when he said, “Such courage and high ideals were of little consequence, of course, the Declaration itself being no more than a declaration without military success against the most formidable force on earth” (145).

Though I agree with what the act it trying to accomplish because Congress in trying to stay in control of the power to declare war and limit the President’s power to declare war. I honestly feel that power is too much power for one person such as the President to control. I would hope in the future that Congress passes a more effective War Powers Act that the President will have to follow. One of the Presidents that has violated the War Powers Act was President Bill Clinton when he got our military involved in Kosovo. President Clinton didn’t receive Congress’s approval to get involved in the conflict in Kosovo, in fact they voted against it several times.

Instead of just seeing us as the world 's greatest country and nobody else compares to us we should start seeing Russia as a partner instead of a weaker force. What I mean by these is we stop downgrading them as a lesser country and start working with them. This won’t be easy because the United States and Russia split heads over so many import issues like the war in Syria. Russia is a very big country that sees NATO as a threat to their security. If we wish to improve our relationship with russia we must convince NATO to stop expanding, but at the same time Russia has to pull troops from regions that are disputed between the EU and Russia and let those countries choose their own paths.

Mistakes happen. Even our best world leaders are still just people. Even the leaders of our country have made some pretty huge mistakes, but secrecy and deceit never ends well. Most of our leaders in government were elected to make decisions on society’s behalf, and the people of our country will never respect someone selling empty promises and unrealistic dreams. This is especially true when it comes to the presidency and campaigns.

History is all about inspiring speeches, gruesome wars, and unexpected events that decide the course of the future. The Cold War is not an example of a war, but a highly important event, considering there was no actual fighting. The Cold War started because the Soviet 's wanted to spread communism, but America was getting in their way to stop it. Three major factors also contributed to the conflict of war, the most obvious one being the U.S. wanted to stop communism, another being both the Soviet Union and the United States were afraid of each other, and finally competition, because everyone needs some good competition. These factors are both reasons why the war started, and "weapons" that were used.