Introduction and foundational belief that the entire declaration rests on. This first belief is the the most powerful and fundamental belief, from which all of the other statements must follow. Main point = freedom, justice, and peace in the world are dependent on recognition that all people have dignity and have certain rights that can never be taken away.

He really tend to ridicule the counterargument through the use of derogatory quotation marks.

In my opinion, this is a weak way of destroying the opposite argument.

We could also say that he tries to influence the interpretive lenses of the audience.

THESIS

He delivers his point in a subtle manner.