Speech: fear of the unknown

When we were young, how many of us were afraid of monsters? Many of us, if not all, were once afraid of the monsters that were hiding in our closets, under our beds, or waiting in the attic. Maybe many of us still are. Parents would sometimes use this fear to their advantages. They would make us clean our rooms or do our homework, but if we did not, they tell us that the "boogieman" …

…gt;Everyone has experienced fear. Even as a child, fear was part of our daily lives. It is always part of us and we can never control it. The fear of the unknown can be used as weapon to gain ultimate power over others. This is used in the cases of xenophobia and war. A great man by the name of Franklin Roosevelt once said, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself".