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Elizabeth Warren
categories: Lecture, Speeches
Reigniting Competition in the American Economy- June 29, 2016
June 29, 2016
Thank you, thank you. As Barry mentioned, before I was a senator, I was a law professor. What he didn’t say is that I taught contracts, secured transactions, and bankruptcy—all courses related to the functioning of competitive markets. I love markets! Strong, healthy markets are the key to a strong, healthy America. That’s the reason I am here today. Because anyone who loves markets knows that for markets to work, there has to be competition. But today, in America, competition is dying. Consolidation and concentration are on the rise in […]
Hillary Rodham Clinton
categories: Lecture, Speeches
Teen Smoking and Violence in the Media - March 8, 1996
March 8, 1996
Thank you so much. I am just delighted to be here. I want you to know just how much I appreciated that introduction, but I want your board to know how much all of us appreciate Joan's representation of you. She has done an excellent job of conveying the positions of the PTA, the concerns that parents and teachers have, to the President and everyone else. I think that the PTA's leadership and dedication to issues on behalf of children has always been important, but it's perhaps even more important […]
Elizabeth Warren
categories: Lecture, Speeches
Remarks at the ACS Convention 2016 - June 9, 2016
June 9, 2016
Thank you very much, it is so good to be here. Thank you Caroline for inviting me to speak here. Thank you Lilly. It is just terrific to be here. The thing that thrills me the most is just to look out into this room and to see so many people in the audience today. The American Constitution Society has a vital purpose, and that is to stand up for the rule of law, to stand up for the constitution, and to stand up against those who would undermine either […]
Susan Collins
categories: Lecture, Speeches
Incivility and Hyperpartisanship: Is Washington a Symptom or the Cause? - March 31, 2015
March 31, 2015
Thank you so much, President Hunter, and thank you all for such a warm welcome. I'm truly honored to give the Senator Margaret Chase Smith lecture at a time when we're celebrating the University of Maine's 150th anniversary, and I couldn't help but think how delighted Senator Smith would be that I was just introduced by the university's first female president. And I also know that she would be so proud of the excellent job that President Hunter is doing. I also want to express my appreciation to the Margaret […]
Barbara O’Brien
categories: Lecture, Speeches
Voices of Leadership - Oct. 18, 2012
October 18, 2012
Thank you very much, Dean Riordan. The whole University of Denver community that is such a partner in everything we try and do in the Metro Denver area, and truly in the whole region of the Rocky Mountains. It’s wonderful to have this jewel of a university, right here in the heart of Colorado. I’m here tonight with a great deal of humility, because I’ve heard some of the other people in this series speak, and they all sound like they have a plan, and they have the will to […]
Kathleen Rice
categories: Lecture, Speeches
About Domestic Violence - Feb. 2, 2014
February 21, 2014
So you’ve heard it before, and you’ll hear it again but domestic violence is truly one of the most complicated and tragic kinds of violence and crime that we ever come across. By definition, the victim and the perpetrator know each other, usually they live together, and often they share the most important things in life together, a child, a home, an apartment, a bank account, a car. The same social set of friends. A mutually known circle of family. Often, the victim depends upon her attacker, and the attacker […]
Helle Thorning-Schmidt
categories: Lecture, Speeches
Quality Education for the World We Want- Dec. 10, 2014
December 10, 2014
Thank you so much. Universal education for all, that is basically our common message here today, and that's a powerful one. And as many have you have been pointed out, we have actually achieved progress, and that's a good story to tell in the next part of our job. We know now that more kids than ever attend primary school, but still you know but also 58 million children are not attending primary school. So the message is clear from us today, but the work ahead of us is also […]
Helle Thorning-Schmidt
categories: Lecture, Speeches
Global Green Growth Forum Introduction- Oct. 11, 2011
October 11, 2011
Your Royal Highness, Excellencies, Distinguished Ministers, Ladies and Gentlemen, The Global Green Growth Forum seeks to develop new ways of making progress on some of the most critical challenges facing our world today. I am proud that Denmark is hosting this important event. Eight days ago, my government assumed office. We have put green growth as a top priority in this government. But we also know that our current path will not take us there. We need change. We need innovation. We need renewed cooperation, across nations and across public […]
Ann Marie Buerkle
categories: Lecture, Speeches
Ann Marie Buerkle at the Conservative Women's Network- June 10, 2014
June 10, 2014
Thank you all very much, and thank you for that kind introduction. Sometimes when I'm feeling tired I listen to everything ok maybe that's why I'm tired. I'm just so glad to be back here and I just think Clare Boothe Luce Society for this opportunity to talk to all of you because there's is nothing more important than your generation and making sure that you're involved and that you can carry on the great legacy the United States of America. Before we get started, and I've got prepared comments […]
Queen Rania of Jordan
categories: Lecture, Speeches
A Tale of Twenty-Two Cities - Nov. 7, 2013
November 7, 2013
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times; it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness; it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity; it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness; it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair; we had everything before us, we had nothing before us…" Written in 1859, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution, Charles Dickens opened A Tale of […]