Rhetorical Device Repetition Part 1

"But that's not the kind of change America needs. It's not the kind of change America wants. And it's not the kind of change we can abide in a nation we still call 'God's country.'" (Pat Buchanan)

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"Take whatever idiot they have at the top of whatever agency and give me a better idiot. Give me a caring idiot. Give me a sensitive idiot. Just don’t give me the same idiot.” (Aaron Broussard)

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"To raise a happy, healthy, and hopeful child, it takes a family; it takes teachers; it takes clergy; it takes business people; it takes community leaders; it takes those who protect our health and safety. It takes all of us." (Hillary Clinton)

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"This generation of soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen have volunteered in the time of certain danger. They are part of the finest fighting force that the world has ever known. They have served tour after tour of duty in distant, different, and difficult places." (Pres. Obama)

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We share one heart, one home, and one glorious destiny." (President Trump)

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"We stand at the birth of a new millennium, ready to unlock the mysteries of space, to free the Earth from the miseries of disease and to harness the industries and technologies of tomorrow." (Pres. Trump Inauguration Speech)

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"Together, we will make America strong again. We will make America wealthy again. We will make America proud again We will make America safe again, And yes, together, we will make we will make America great again." (Pres. Trump Inauguration Speech)

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"We have learned again that democracy is precious.

Democracy is fragile.

And at this hour, my friends, democracy has prevailed." (Pres. Biden Inauguration Speech)

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"We will press forward with speed and urgency, for we have much to do in this winter of peril and possibility.

Much to repair.

Much to restore.

Much to heal.

Much to build.

And much to gain." (Pres. Biden Inauguration Speech)

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"Yet hear me clearly: Disagreement must not lead to disunion." (Pres. Biden Inauguration Speech)

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