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what i wish to talk of is the attitude of the american citizen in civic life. it ought to be fundamental in this country that every man must devote a reasonable share of his time to doing his duty in the political life of the community.
no man has a right to ignore his political duties under whatever plea of pleasure or business. insofar as the community grows to think rightly, it will likewise grow to regard the young man of means who ignores his duty to the state in time of peace as being only one degree worse than the man who thus ignores it in time of war. a great many of our men in business, or of our young men who are bent on enjoying life (as they have a perfect right to do if only they do not sacrifice other things to enjoyment), rather congratulate themselves upon being good citizens if they even vote; yet voting is the very least of their duties.
nothing worth gaining is ever gained without effort. you can no more have freedom without striving and suffering for it than you can win success as a banker or a lawyer without labor and effort, without self - denial in youth and the display of a ready and alert intelligence in middle age. the people who say that they have not time to attend to politics are simply saying that they are unfit to live in a free community.
adapted from theodore roosevelt, \the duties of american citizenship\
how does this strategy help theodore roosevelt remind men of their civic obligations?
it makes the audience sympathize with the hardworking american people.
it motivates the audience to become bankers and lawyers.
it establishes trust in roosevelts leadership as a businessman.
it compels the audience to value civic duties and professional duties equally.
Roosevelt emphasizes that civic duties (like political participation) are as important as professional duties. He uses analogies (e.g., freedom requires effort like success in a profession) to show their equal value.
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It compels the audience to value civic duties and professional duties equally.