Obama’s Middle East Speech: Most Frequently Used Words

Sofie — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:27:04 +0000

The following table shows the words Obama used at least five times in his speech in Cairo (text, video) last week:

the	288	one	19	know	11	every	8	end	6	conflict	5
and	233	peace	19	live	11	faith	8	fear	6	dignity	5
to	199	So	19	only	11	issue	8	Holy	6	effort	5
of	189	There	19	progress	11	Just	8	how	6	equal	5
in	134	Islam	18	should	11	Much	8	interest	6	first	5
that	134	Muslim	18	Together	11	recognize	8	Israel	6	freedom	5
is	111	No	18	upon	11	religion	8	Israel’s	6	governments	5
a	104	States	18	am	10	share	8	killed	6	hold	5
We	95	who	18	human	10	them	8	made	6	important	5
our	65	from	17	if	10	were	8	me	6	Indeed	5
For	59	my	17	Iraq	10	any	7	Muslim-majority	6	interests	5
It	59	also	16	nuclear	10	cannot	7	now	6	Iran	5
be	57	countries	16	own	10	choose	7	past	6	Islamic	5
I	55	or	16	Palestinian	10	each	7	point	6	isn’t	5
have	47	what	16	Palestinians	10	government	7	religious	6	Jews	5
are	46	an	15	Part	10	let	7	responsibility	6	life	5
people	44	United	15	power	10	nation	7	right	6	Make	5
will	42	been	14	those	10	need	7	security	6	men	5
as	41	communities	14	violence	10	never	7	support	6	out	5
not	40	country	14	where	10	peaceful	7	things	6	pursue	5
This	37	its	14	women	10	respect	7	today	6	responsibilities	5
all	36	new	14	clear	9	same	7	too	6	say	5
with	36	than	14	extremists	9	tension	7	troops	6	see	5
but	35	these	14	help	9	through	7	Violent	6	state	5
must	32	why	14	history	9	truth	7	which	6	story	5
can	31	at	13	Israelis	9	against	6	within	6	tolerance	5
has	27	between	13	other	9	based	6	work	6	War	5
world	27	do	12	over	9	beginning	6	address	5	weapons	5
on	26	More	12	seek	9	believe	6	Afghanistan	5	West	5
America	25	nations	12	time	9	bring	6	another	5	whether	5
by	25	rights	12	years	9	come	6	aspirations	5	while	5
their	23	some	12	about	8	common	6	Because	5	without	5
us	23	was	12	America’s	8	denied	6	beings	5	young	5
many	22	when	12	American	8	develop	6	brought	5	your	5
they	21	you	12	children	8	development	6	centuries	5
Muslims	19	around	11	does	8	education	6	change	5

Here is a word cloud for his speech (click on the image to see the original):

To study his word usage more closely, copy and paste the text of his speech into the first box on the Wordle – Create page. Click on Go. Then click on Language in the tool bar and on Show Word Counts at the bottom of the pop-up menu. It’s possible to copy and paste the word-frequency table into a Word document to study it more closely.

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