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Terri Sewell
categories: Acceptance Speech, Speeches
Alumni Medallion Acceptance Speech - April 14, 2016
April 14, 2016
Jennifer, thank you so much for the opportunity to really thank 4-H. I do accept this award in honor of Miss Harriet Ramsey Bates who was my extension agent for Dallas County for more than 40 years who retired in 2003. She recruited me to be a 4-Her, and I'll never forget how she recruited me. She came to my junior high school where I was running for class president under the slogan of “Mouth of the South,” and she said, “your mother told me that you were a bundle […]
Betty Williams
categories: Acceptance Speech, Speeches
1976 Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech - Dec. 11, 1977
December 11, 1977
I stand here today with a sense of humility, a sense of history, and a sense of honour. I also stand here in the name of courage to give name to a challenge. I feel humble in officially receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, because so many people have been involved in the campaign that drew such attention to our leadership that an award like this could justifiably be made. Mairead Corrigan and I may take some satisfaction with us all the days of our lives that we did make that […]
Brenda Lawrence
categories: Acceptance Speech, Speeches
Living Legend Award Acceptance Speech - February 19, 2016
February 19, 2016
Good evening. I am Brenda Lawrence, the congresswoman from the Michigan 14th district, and I'm sorry I can't be with you tonight because I'm in Washington doing the people's work, but I am so honored to receive this award tonight and to receive the title of a Living Legend Award is just really humbling. I'm also honored to receive it with my colleague, Congresswoman Amma Adams. It is so important that we understand the importance of women. While we've come so far, the many struggles that we have in front […]
J.K. Rowling
categories: Acceptance Speech, Speeches
2016 PEN/Allen Foundation Literary Service Award Acceptance Speech - May 20, 2016
May 20, 2016
Firstly, I want to say thank you very, very much for this huge honor, given as it is by an organization that I have admired very deeply for many, many years. It’s also been an absolute privilege to share this stage tonight with your previous honorees. PEN’s campaigns on behalf of imprisoned writers are essential and inspirational, though it is sad to reflect how much, how needed your defense of writers continues to be today. Speaking personally, I have very little to complain about where my freedom of expression is […]
Sarah Palin
categories: Acceptance Speech, Campaign Speech, Speeches
Remarks at 2008 Republican National Convention - Sept. 3, 2008
September 3, 2008
Mr. Chairman, delegates, and fellow citizens: I am honored to be considered for the nomination for Vice President of the United States... I accept the call to help our nominee for president to serve and defend America. I accept the challenge of a tough fight in this election... against confident opponents ... at a crucial hour for our country. And I accept the privilege of serving with a man who has come through much harder missions ... and met far graver challenges ... and knows how tough fights are won […]
Geraldine A Ferraro
categories: Acceptance Speech, Campaign Speech, Speeches
Inspiration from the Land Where Dreams Come True - July 19, 1984
July 19, 1984
Associated Press text of New York Rep. Geraldine A. Ferraro's July 19, 1984 speech accepting the Democratic vice presidential nomination as delivered at the Democratic National Convention, in San Francisco. Ladies and gentlemen of the convention: My name is Geraldine Ferraro. I stand before you to proclaim tonight: America is the land where dreams can come true for all of us. As I stand before the American people and think of the honor this great convention has bestowed upon me, I recall the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., […]
Aung San Suu Kyi
categories: Acceptance Speech, Speeches
Freedom from Fear - 1990
January 1, 1990
It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it. Most Burmese are familiar with the four a-gati, the four kinds of corruption. Chanda-gati, corruption induced by desire, is deviation from the right path in pursuit of bribes or for the sake of those one loves. Dosa-gati is taking the wrong path to spite those against whom one bears ill will, and moga-gati is aberration due to ignorance. But […]
Rigoberta Menchu
categories: Acceptance Speech, Speeches
Nobel Lecture - Dec. 10, 1992
December 10, 1992
(Translation) Your Majesties, the King and Queen of Norway,The Honorable Members of the Nobel Peace Committee, Your Excellency, the Prime Minister, Your Excellencies, Members of the Government and the Diplomatic Corps, Dear Guatemalan countrymen and women, Ladies and Gentlemen, I feel a deep emotion and pride for the honor of having been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 1992. A deep personal feeling and pride for my country and its very ancient culture. For the values of the community and the people to which I belong, for the love of […]
Elizabeth Dole
categories: Acceptance Speech, Speeches
Citizen of the Carolinas Award Speech - Dec. 6, 2006
December 6, 2006
Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for that wonderful, warm welcome. And thank you, Jim, for your very kind words of introduction—and my heartfelt thanks to everyone who contributed to this video tonight, which truly touched my heart. I am deeply honored to receive the Citizen of the Carolinas award. As I look out into this audience, tonight, filled with so many good friends and neighbors, let me assure you—what you have done for me—this award—will be cherished a lifetime. I am so grateful to Duke Energy, the sponsor of the […]
Nancy Pelosi
categories: Acceptance Speech, Speeches
Distinguished Citizen Award - Nov. 9, 2002
November 9, 2002
Thank You! I am pleased and honored to receive the Distinguished Citizen Award from the Commonwealth Club of California. Obviously, I am pleased on a personal and official basis to be recognized by such a prestigious organization. I am delighted to receive the award from Ed Asner. The Commonwealth Club is prestigious, because for most of the 20th Century and now in the new millennium, the Commonwealth Club has stood for the relevance and power of ideas. It has stood for the power of ideas, in an inclusive context of […]