America s Essential Documents Of America - 1644 Words

America’s Essential Documents Have you ever heard the phrase â€Å"a team is only as good as its weakest player†? This idea is opposite for a nation, however. A country is only as good as its strongest leader. Not every president that runs and is elected into office is going to be the best there s ever been, and it’s true we’ve had some pretty terrible presidents. But those weaker presidents didn’t leave a lasting impression on our country. Only those presidents that were strong and stood for or against something are remembered and studied. This doesn’t just apply to presidents, but to any great men. As great men or women come into our society and make a difference we all grow as a nation and every nation is different depending on its†¦show more content†¦I sincerely believe that if any other man had given this same speech that it would not have impacted America so greatly. He managed to distil in the people a sense of pride in the constitution that remains today. I qu ote him saying, â€Å"I doubt whether any other Convention we can obtain may be able to make a better Constitution.† This was one of the first building blocks that led to modern American’s sense of nationalism. He also states, â€Å"In these sentiments, Sir, I agree to this Constitution with all its faults†¦Ã¢â‚¬  This helped citizens understand that he didn’t believe that the Constitution was perfect, which was a precedent for amendments to be added, and many were. Overall, Benjamin Franklin was a very influential man of the time and a lot of people wanted to listen to what he had to say. He helped set up the U.S on the track that our government would take, especially regarding the Constitution. The Four Freedoms speech given by Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1941 was, in my opinion, a very impactful speech. It literally lined out our freedoms for us as Americans. Freedoms that shall never be taken away. Because these freedoms were so publicly displayed it made U.S. citizens more aware of their rights. With a population knowing their rights, it became harder to take them away. This still applies to modern America. With so much talk of gun control and socialism in politics today, I believe that the reason it is so hard