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Elizabeth “Betsy” DeVos
categories: Keynote Address, Lecture, Speeches
WA Policy Center's Annual Dinner - October 13, 2017
October 13, 2017
Thank you, Ami, for that introduction and for what you do to advocate for our kids and their futures. And thank all of you for the work you do to improve the lives of Evergreen Staters. You know, my job may be in a place that's called Washington, but please know that I prefer to be in this Washington. In fact, I was delighted to welcome one of your own into my family just a few years ago. A young man from Mukilteo married my daughter and he is the […]
Caroline Kennedy
categories: Keynote Address, Lecture, Speeches
Japan National Press Club - December 17, 2015
December 17, 2015
Good Afternoon. Thank you for inviting me to this gathering. I would like to thank Managing Director Nakai for welcoming me here today and Chairman Nishimura of the planning committee for serving as the moderator. And thank you all for coming. All my senior colleagues from the U.S. Government head over to the Press Club at some point during their visit, and are grateful for the warm welcome, the frank discussion of issues, and the opportunity you provide for us to communicate with the people of Japan. Democracies cannot function […]
Loretta Sánchez
categories: Keynote Address, Lecture, Speeches
International Women's Day Women's Freedom Forum - March 4, 2017
March 4, 2015
It’s great to see you all here and to have you once again in the Capitol of the United States. It’s important for my colleagues to see you here. Half of the battle that we have in any place is that we be seen. And you know that because even though there are more women in the world than men, they tend not to see us. They tend not to see us. And it is only until we have those brave women who rise and who say, “No more. I […]
Sheila Jackson Lee
categories: Keynote Address, Lecture, Speeches
International Women's Day Women's Freedom Forum - March 4, 2015
March 4, 2015
Thank you so very much. Thank you. What a very dynamic group and how important a time we are in and how much I appreciate the women that are here and the gathering of this effort, particularly with the Women’s Freedom Forum and of course the Iranian-American Society of Texas, of whom, of which I’ve had great relationships and great friendship and I ask that you give both the forum and the Iranian Society of Texas, Freedom Society, an amazing applause. Just a rousing applause. [Applause] Certainly Patti Solis Doyle […]
Brenda Lawrence
categories: Keynote Address, Lecture, Speeches
International Women's Day Women's Freedom Forum - March 4, 2015
March 4, 2015
And now we're happy to have a visitor today, one of our supporters, Representative Brenda Lawrence from Michigan who is in her first term as a congresswoman, and she comes to Washington after three terms as the mayor of Southfield, Michigan, the first woman and first African-American male at that great city. So thank you for joining us today.[applause] It is an honor to be with you today and it’s an honor to be here on a common goal and mission. Your theme, “Women’s Freedom Forum,” reading the statistics, seeing […]
Elizabeth “Liz” Cheney
categories: Keynote Address, Lecture, Speeches
CPAC - February 18, 2010
February 18, 2010
So I- I'm not going to take up much of your time, but I think it's time as we move to new generations of leadership, getting rid of folks like me for example, that- that we hear from another generation of Cheneys who … generation from a family that really has a lot to say, a lot to add, and who, like her parents, is one of us. Liz. [applause] Thank you so much. It is such an honor to be here. It's an honor to be introduced by Dave […]
Hillary Rodham Clinton
categories: Keynote Address, Speeches
Women's Role in Peace and Politics - Mar. 31, 2017
March 31, 2017
Good morning! [applause] Thank you! Thank you so much. [applause] Thank you. [crowd chanting "Hillary"] Thank you. Wow, let's do that again. [laughter] [applause] This warm, warm welcome is one of the many reasons that I always appreciate coming to this campus, to this great university. And I am so pleased to have a chance to talk with you today about an issue that, as President DeGioia said, is one that has really provided the impetus for a lot of the work that is being done here at the university, […]
Hillary Rodham Clinton
categories: Keynote Address, Speeches
At the Women in Business Conference - Mar. 28, 2017
March 28, 2017
Hello! Thank you, thank you all so much. It is great to be back in San Francisco, a place that has a big big spot in my heart and to be able to speak with all of you this afternoon. Please be seated and you can jump up and down it’s been a wonderful but long day I hear. I want to thank Anne not just for her kind introduction but for exemplifying the kind of creative entrepreneurial leadership that she has demonstrated and that so many of you are […]
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
categories: Keynote Address, Speeches
Remarks at ‘Out of the Blue’ launch for Heads Together - Mar. 23, 2017
March 23, 2017
Before I begin, I know you would all want to join me in sending our thoughts and prayers to all those sadly affected by yesterday’s terrible attack in Westminster. We will be thinking of all the families, as we discuss the important issues we're here to talk about. I would like to thank Best Beginnings for inviting me here to introduce the 'Out of The Blue' series. This collection of films highlights how vital it is to be open about our mental health especially in the early years of parenthood. […]
Michelle Obama
categories: Campaign Speech, Keynote Address, Speeches
Keynote Address at 2008 Democratic National Convention - Aug. 25, 2008
August 25, 2008
As you might imagine, for Barack, running for president is nothing compared to that first game of basketball with my brother, Craig. I can’t tell you how much it means to have Craig and my mom here tonight. Like Craig, I can feel my dad looking down on us, just as I’ve felt his presence in every grace-filled moment of my life. At six-foot-six, I’ve often felt like Craig was looking down on me too, literally. But the truth is, both when we were kids and today, he wasn’t looking […]