Select the correct text in the passage. Which sentence in this excerpt from Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “Four Freedoms” speech sugge
sts that the US government would gain more power to prepare for war? The Congress, of course, must rightly keep itself informed at all times of the progress of the program. However, there is certain information, as the Congress itself will readily recognize, which, in the interests of our own security and those of the nations that we are supporting, must of needs be kept in confidence. New circumstances are constantly begetting new needs for our safety. I shall ask this Congress for greatly increased new appropriations and authorizations to carry on what we have begun. I also ask this Congress for authority and for funds sufficient to manufacture additional munitions and war supplies of many kinds, to be turned over to those nations which are now in actual war with aggressor nations. Our most useful and immediate role is to act as an arsenal for them as well as for ourselves. They do not need man power, but they do need billions of dollars worth of the weapons of defense. The time is near when they will not be able to pay for them all in ready cash. We cannot, and we will not, tell them that they must surrender, merely because of present inability to pay for the weapons which we know they must have. I do not recommend that we make them a loan of dollars with which to pay for these weapons—a loan to be repaid in dollars.
The Congress, of course, must rightly keep itself informed at all times of the progress of the program. However, there is certain information, as the Congress itself will readily recognize, which, in the interests of our own security and those of the nations that we are supporting, must of needs be kept in confidence.
Based on the information given, the rhetorical technique used is shift. It should be noted that a rhetorical shift occurs when the tone or the style of a speakers or a writer is being altered. A rhetorical shift is a can be signalled when transition words such as however, then, or but are used.
There are so many good and pretty things in life which can be gotten without stealing and love is a perfect example. Though, some nice things might be hard to find but certainly there are greater things we take for granted that can be gotten easily.