The Great Silent Majority Themes
Majority vs. Minority
This may come across as a teensy-weensy surprise, but Nixon's "Great Silent Majority" speech was a statement about the majority versus the minority in America. Kinda sorta. Nixon was trying to get...
Dissatisfaction
We're going to be straight with you: Nixon was not dissatisfied with this speech. In fact, his approval rating skyrocketed after giving it, so he was really quite pleased. In the speech itself, how...
Patriotism
Have your grandparents ever given you the old "back in my day, everything was better" speech? Well, Nixon is trying to pull that off here. He's saying that back in the day, America was stronger. Ba...
Warfare
Nixon's speech may be remembered for being the one about America's "great silent majority," but it's actually about war. No, wait, it's about peace. No, war. Peace. War and Peace?The whole point of...