Since President Abraham Lincoln's Second Great Inaugural Address (May 4, 1865) nearly 150 years ago, it has been a long-existing custom for the President's Inaugural Address to present a request rather ambiguous about diplomacy and world transformation. President Bush's second inaugural address was no different. It laid out President Bush's ambitious perception of the United States' role in advancing liberty, democracy, and liberty throughout the world "with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in our world." Despite having succeeded in persuading his audience to adhere to his arguably ambiguous goal, President George W. Bush uses a rhetorical approach that blends bits of pathos and ethics with precise word choice to create an ethically and emotionally charged diction in the faith of unite the audience. It is also based on the assumption that the public shares his thoughts on religion, his perception of American ideals of freedom, and the role of God. Since the task of ending tyranny is certainly difficult, President George W. Bush uses pathos and ethos along with meticulously chosen diction to unify its audience and also establish common ground, so that they can see the goal from the same point of view and start working towards achieving it. He started from the beginning of his speech by asking to establish a common history. In the third paragraph he says: “In this second meeting, our duties are defined not by the words I use, but by the story we have seen together.” He used this technique of implementing a common story several times in the following paragraphs of the inaugural address, referring to “our Founding Day,” “the mission that created our Nation,” and “the honorable achievements of our fathers.” make progress on the basis...... middle of paper ......do not study the Bible or are not predisposed to its diction then the choice to use language so similar to that of the Bible may lead members of the public to pass off President Bush's words as idealistic and worthless with respect to the issue presented. President George W. Bush's second inaugural address follows the tradition of most presidents before him and presents an ambiguous vision of transforming and transforming the world. diplomacy. It also avoids the pitfalls of Coolidge and Harding's discourse which are labeled isolationism. However, with its highly emotional and ethical language combined with an overly ambiguous outlook and heavy reliance on religious views, it succumbs to a different label, idealist. Works Cited President Bush's Second Inaugural Address, http://www.npr.org/templates/story/ story.php?storyId=4460172, accessed at 17/2/2014