Question

Read the excerpt from President Ronald Reagan’s speech on the night before the 1980 presidential election.

I believe we can embark on a new age of reform in this country and an era of national renewal. An era that will reorder the relationship between citizen and government, that will make government again responsive to people, that will revitalize the values of family, work, and neighborhood and that will restore our private and independent social institutions.

The tone of this speech could best be described as expressing a feeling of

fear.
hope.
anger.
pride.

Answer 1

hope.

The language is optimistic and forward-looking—words like "believe," "new age," "renewal," "revitalize," and "restore" express confidence and aspiration rather than fear, anger, or pride.