Persuasive Speech: Hope Is the Most Powerful Force in the Universe

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Specific Purpose Statement: To persuade my audience that hope is the most powerful force in the universe

We gather here at a crucial time, at a turning point in history. Extremist terrorism is on the rise, and America has been fighting multiple wars for as long as I can remember. Yes, pity me, for it is a disheartening time, which is why Aristotle’s bold statement “Youth is easily deceived, because it is quick to hope” fits the motto of this era perfectly. It is unlikely that anyone in this room does not know of Aristotle, one of the greatest philosophers who ever lived. After all, the person who proposed that women have fewer teeth than men and that dolphins are fish has to be right about everything!

Indeed, hope is one of the most redundant and useless concepts in the world after the electric-hybrid SUV and responsible governments. In today’s ambitious, fast-paced materialistic world where...

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