"Can we forge against these enemies a grand and global alliance, North and South, East and West, that can assure a more fruitful life for all mankind? Will you join in that historic effort?"
This quote "begs the question" because JFK assumes that we will join him and his views and something will come out of it. When he says that it "begs the question," will we actually find "a more fruitful life for all mankind?"
The reason why a speech like this one can still be successful is because the fallacies fly over the public's head and, to them, make the speech sound fantastic.
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