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Kay Hagan
categories: Campaign Speech, Speeches
Remarks at the 2012 Democratic National Convention - Sept. 6, 2012
September 6, 2012
I want to welcome everyone to North Carolina. I hope those of you who are visiting us have had a chance to experience our beautiful state. Mostly I hope you've had a chance to visit with the wonderful people of North Carolina. North Carolina is strong because our people are strong. They define our state—by their hard work, commitment to their families and neighbors, their willingness to sacrifice so that their children can have a chance to forge their own path. I've seen those values in every corner of our […]
Susan Molinari
categories: Campaign Speech, Keynote Address, Speeches
Keynote Address at the 1996 Republican National Convention - Aug. 13, 1996
August 13, 1996
Good evening. I am Susan Molinari and I am proud to represent a congressional district in New York, the home of the next Vice President of the United States...Jack Kemp. Last night, I called Jack for some advice on what I should say tonight. And he gave me a few suggestions. In fact, he's still giving them. I had to put him on hold just now so I could come out here and make this speech. I'll get right back to you, Jack. I was honored when Bob Dole asked […]
Condoleezza Rice
categories: Campaign Speech, Speeches
Remarks at the 2000 Republican National Committee - Aug 1, 2000
August 1, 2000
Following is the full text of remarks at the Republican National Convention by Gov. George W. Bush's foreign policy advisor, Condoleezza Rice, as released by the Republican National Committee. Ladies and gentlemen, fellow delegates from the Golden State of California and fellow delegates from across this great country. Tonight, we gather to reflect on America's unique opportunity to lead the forward march of freedom and to fortify the peace. We offer special thanks to all those Private Ryans who served over the decades, so that tyranny would not stand. We […]
Eleanor Roosevelt
categories: Campaign Speech, Speeches
Address to the 1940 Democratic National Convention - July 18, 1940
July 18, 1940
As reported in The New York Times, July 19, 1940. Delegates to the convention, visitors, friends: It is a great pleasure for me to be here and to have an opportunity to say a word to you. First of all, I think I want to say a word to our National Chairman, James A. Farley. For many years I have worked under Jim Farley and with Jim Farley, and I think nobody could appreciate more what he has done for the party, what he has given in work and loyalty. […]
Elizabeth Dole
categories: Campaign Speech, Speeches
Remarks at the 1996 Republican National Committee - Aug. 14, 1996
August 14, 1996
Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you so much. Oh my. Thank you. Thank you so much ladies and gentlemen for that wonderful, warm welcome. And thank you Gov. Wilson for your very kind words of introduction. Now, you know tradition is that speakers at the Republican National Convention remain at this very imposing podium. But, tonight I'd like to break with tradition. For two reasons. One, I'm going to be speaking to friends and secondly I'm going to be speaking about the man I […]
Elizabeth Dole
categories: Campaign Speech, Speeches
Remarks at the 2000 Republican National Committee - Aug. 2, 2000
August 2, 2000
Following is the full text of remarks made at the Republican National Convention by Elizabeth Dole, former president of the American Red Cross, as released by the Republican National Committee. Thank you very much. You have heard Condoleezza Rice speak eloquently of America's place in the world. I, too, wish to address our nation's security tonight. I speak not of military weapons, but of moral ones, of the defense of values as well as territory. Long before there was an American dream, there was a dream of America as liberty's […]
Jeane J Kirkpatrick
categories: Campaign Speech, Speeches
'Blame America First' - Remarks at the 1984 Republican National Committee - Aug. 20, 1984
August 20, 1984
This is the Associated Press text of United Nations Representative Jeane J. Kirkpatrick's speech as delivered to the Republican National Convention. Thank you very much for that warm welcome. Thank you for inviting me. This is the first Republican Convention I have ever attended. I am grateful that you should invite me, a lifelong Democrat. On the other hand, I realize that you are inviting many lifelong Democrats to join this common cause. I want to begin tonight by quoting the speech of the president whom I very greatly admire, […]
Madeleine K Albright
categories: Campaign Speech, Speeches
Remarks at the 2008 Democratic National Convention - Aug. 27, 2008
August 27, 2008
For me, this week is a homecoming. Denver is the city that welcomed my family to the United States after we were driven from our native Czechoslovakia, first by Nazi storm troopers and then by communists. Denver is where I grew up believing in the American dream and in a country that, more than any other, is associated with truth, justice and freedom. In high school, I won the Rocky Mountain Empire Award for reciting, in alphabetical order, the 51 members of the United Nations. Back then, the task was […]
Kay Bailey Hutchison
categories: Campaign Speech, Speeches
Remarks at the 1996 Republican National Convention - Aug. 13, 1996
August 13, 1996
The great philosopher Yogi Berra once said, "When you come to a fork in the road, take it." America is at a fork in the road, and we do have a choice. President Clinton will take us down the road of the past -- more government programs, higher taxes on hard-working Americans, the wrong road. Bob Dole and Jack Kemp will lead us in a new direction to a brighter, better America. A road to hope -- not just a small town in Arkansas, but a dream for every American. […]
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
categories: Campaign Speech, Speeches
Remarks at the 2012 Democratic National Convention - Sept. 6, 2012
September 6, 2012
I'm so proud to represent the people of South Florida. I was so honored when President Obama asked me to serve as chair of the Democratic Party. But there's one job I'm even more proud of, and that's being a mom to my three kids, Rebecca, Jake and Shelby. In 2008, I could see what eight years of top-down economics were doing to their future. And, like so many of you, I worked day in and day out. Together, we elected President Obama. When I addressed our convention that year, […]