Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial Address

Throughout tragic times in history leaders bring people together by giving speeches. Many speeches have common purposes. Examples of this can be seen in “A Eulogy for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.” By Robert F. Kennedy and “Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial Address” By Bill Clinton. The common purposes between “A Eulogy for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.” By Robert F. Kennedy and “Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial Address” By Bill Clinton are Working together and Comforting People.
These speeches are loved by many people for the messages they send. One of those messages are that we need to work together. In “Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial Address” Bill Clinton says “We thank all those who have worked so heroically to save lives and to solve this crime -- those here in Oklahoma and those who are all across this great land, and many who left their own lives to come here to work hand in hand with you. We pledge to do all we can to help you heal the injured, to rebuild this city, and to bring to justice those who did this evil.” He is saying thank you to the people who run straight into chaos to save the lives of others. In “A Eulogy for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.” Robert F. Kennedy says “the vast majority of white people …show more content…
In “Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial Address” Bill Clinton says “for so many of you they were also neighbors and friends. You saw them at church or the PTA meetings, at the civic clubs, at the ballpark. You know them in ways that all the rest of America could not.” These people aren't just numbers, there friends, neighbors, children, parents. In “A Eulogy for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.” Robert F. Kennedy says “I would only say that I can also feel in my own heart the same kind of feeling. I had a member of my family killed, but he was killed by a white man.” His brother was killed by a white man, he understands how these people are feeling to an