Compare And Contrast Ford And Richard Nixon Speech

Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford both gave incredibly powerful speeches, however, they both wrote these in a very different manner. Richard Nixon was very blunt while Ford repeated himself and prolonged his speech. In the second paragraph of Nixon’s speech, he stated, “..it has become evident to me that I no longer have a strong enough political base in the congress to justify continuing that effort” (Address Announcing Resignation). In just the second paragraph of his speech, he wants to let it be known that he is aware that being the President of the United States is not a viable option anymore. On the other hand, Ford waited until the concluding paragraph of his speech in order to fully state his explanation for pardoning Nixon. Throughout