For us, they fought and died in places like Concord and Gettysburg, Normandy Time and again these men and women struggled and sacrificed and

25. What the cynics fail to understand is that the ground has shifted

beneath them, that the stale political arguments that have consumed us for so long no longer apply. 54, XIII, a The word ―cynics‖ refers to the negative response to the political state of America. He further states that those political points of view are no longer applicable to the current situation. Thus, he expresses this to ensure that the citizen will not be influenced by the negative opinion and only hear that what government informs is a truth and what his government plans for future is more appropriate. In the fourteenth and fifteenth paragraph, Obama delivers some rhetorical questions that lead people to have a reflection toward the strength possessed by the country. 26. The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works -- whether it helps families find jobs at a decent wage, care they can afford, a retirement that is dignified. 55, XIV, a 27. And those of us who manage the publics dollars will be held to account, to spend wisely, reform bad habits, and do our business in the light of day, because only then can we restore the vital trust between a people and their government. 58, XIV, a The purpose of these question is to find an agreement whether the government are competent or not to continue the proposed programs. It infuses the people with an awareness to keep a positive thought and attitude to the ensuing policies and regulations which the desired result is the ―vital trust‖. In sentence 58, Obama commands to fix the management of public dollars. He mentions directly that reliance is important for vital trust. U.S. government in running the programs. He continues to emphasize that market system should be put in control for not only giving benefit for the prosperous. What he shows here is the substance of utilitarianism .

28. The nation cannot prosper long when it favors only the prosperous.

62, XV, a 29. The success of our economy has always depended not just on the size of our gross domestic product, but on the reach of our prosperity, on the ability to extend opportunity to every willing heart -- not out of charity, but because it is the surest route to our common good. 63, XV, a Obama firmly states that the government program should not only benefit those who are already prosperous but affect the whole realm of America. He furthermore proposes new measurement for the economic accomplishment which relies on the way people achieve the prosperity with their own initiative rather than relies on the gross domestic product. Obama, in sixteenth paragraph, refers to the Founding Fathers in order to bring back the concept of law and the rights of man.

30. Our Founding Fathers, faced with perils that we can scarcely

imagine, drafted a charter to assure the rule of law and the rights of man -- a charter expanded by the blood of generations. 65, XVI, a

31. Those ideals still light the world, and we will not give them up for

expedience sake. 66, XVI, a He tells the people that the safety of the people and the idealism must not become choices. He employs again the notion of the Founding Fathers to ensure a strong base for his reasoning and connecting the ideals in the taken action. Therefore, he appears as the one who wants to make changes in the way American citizens living.