Eulogy

Kamala Harris
categories: Eulogy, Speeches
Remarks at the Lying in State Ceremony for Former President Jimmy Carter - Jan. 7, 2025
January 7, 2025
Leader Thune, Speaker Johnson, Leader Schumer, Leader Jeffries, members of Congress, and distinguished guests, it is an honor to be with you this afternoon. And to Jack, Chip, Jeff, Amy, and Jason and all the other members of the Carter family, on behalf of the American people, Doug and I offer our deepest condolences. Being with you today, I am reminded of the enduring words of a favorite hymn: May the works I have done speak for me. Today, we gather to celebrate the life of a man whose works […]
Kamala Harris
categories: Eulogy, Speeches
Remarks at the Homegoing Service for Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee – Aug. 1, 2024
August 1, 2024
THE VICE PRESIDENT: Thank you. (Applause.) Good afternoon. Good afternoon. Good afternoon, church. (Applause.) Please have a seat. Good afternoon. (Applause.) Thank you, thank you, thank you. Thank you, thank you. And let me thank Chaplain Black for your words and the time that we have prayed together when I was in the United States Senate. I thank you, Chaplain. And Pastor Michael A. Pender Sr., thank you for the warm welcome this afternoon. (Applause.) And to the Members of the Lee family, President Bill Clinton, Secretary Hillary Clinton, the […]
Judy Woodruff
categories: Eulogy, Speeches
Eulogy for Rosalynn Carter - Nov. 28, 2023
November 28, 2023
Woodruff gave this address at the tribute service for Rosalynn Carter at Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. President Carter. President Biden, Dr Biden. Vice President Harris, the second gentleman. President Clinton. Secretary Clinton. Mrs. Bush. Mrs. Obama, Mrs. Trump. Distinguished guests and friends. Rosalynn Carter would be so pleased to see that she brought all of you together on this day. [applause] First, my deepest condolences to you, President Carter. To Jack, to Chip, to Jeff, to Amy, and to your families. I am honored that you […]
Kamala Harris
categories: Eulogy, Speeches
Vice President Kamala Harris Remarks at Tyre Nichols Funeral - Feb. 1, 2023
February 1, 2023
KAMALA HARRIS: Good afternoon church. Reverend Sharpton, I want to thank you for all you do for so many. There are so many families here who have been personally touched by your leadership and your strength, and your fellowship. Reverend Dr. Lawrence Turner - thank you for welcoming us. Keisha Lance and Mitch Landrieu, we are here on behalf of the people of our country and our president Joe Biden. And we are here to celebrate the life of Tyre Nichols. Mrs. Wells, Mr. Wells - you have been extraordinary […]
Hillary Rodham Clinton
categories: Eulogy, Speeches
Remarks on the Death of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis - May 20, 1994
May 20, 1994
I just wanted to say, personally, that every day, this nation owes a great debt to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. And the nation has lost a treasure, and our family has lost a dear friend. We stand here in one of the many legacies that she has given to this house and to our country; in this garden, which is named for her, which she helped to realize. If she taught us anything, it was to know the meaning of responsibility -- to one's family and to one's community. Her great […]
Carrie Chapman Catt
categories: Eulogy, Speeches
Eulogy for Helen Hamilton Gardner - July 28, 1925
July 28, 1925
Catt gave this eulogy at the memorial service for Helen Hamilton Gardner at Gardner's home, 1838 Lamont Street N. W., Washington, D. C. Catt and Maud Wood Park spoke at Gardner's request. The hardest task that any human being is called upon to perform is to stand by the side of a friend truly loved and pronounce that last, long good-bye. Ever since there has been a written language among men, the record has been preserved among all races that men have laid away their dead with tender care, and […]
Nancy Pelosi
categories: Eulogy, Speeches
John Lewis Eulogy - July 30, 2020
July 30, 2020
Good day. I’m not sure morning, afternoon, whatever it is. It’s an honor to be here with each and every one of you. Reverend Warnock, thank you for enabling us all to be here at the Ebenezer Baptist Church to honor and celebrate the life of John Lewis with three presidents of the United States. Isn’t that exciting? President Clinton, President Bush and soon President Obama here with us. On behalf of my colleagues as speaker of the house, I’m pleased to bring greetings to each and every one of […]
Michelle Obama
categories: Eulogy, Speeches
Remarks at the Memorial Service for Dr. Maya Angelou – June 7, 2014
June 7, 2014
Obama gave this address at Maya Angelou's memorial service at Wake Forest University. To the family — Guy, to all of you — to the friends, President Clinton, Oprah, my mother, Cicely Tyson, Ambassador Young — let me just share something with you: My mother, Marian Robinson, never cares about anything I do. But when Dr. Maya Angelou passed, she said, “You’re going, aren’t you?” I said, “Well, Mom, I’m not really sure, I have to check with my schedule," she said “You are going. Right?” I said “Well, I’m […]
Daisy Elizabeth Adams Lampkin
categories: Eulogy, Speeches
Eulogy for Mary McLeod Bethune - Nov. 9, 1955
November 9, 1955
This speech was presented at the National Council of Negro Women BORN: MAYESVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA-JULY 10, 1875 DIED: Daytona Beach, Florida-May 18, 1955 AGE: Seventy-nine Years, Ten Months, Eight Days This is what may appear on the tombstone of America's beloved Mary McLeod Bethune—but the story of the life of this great American will be on the hearts and in the memories of countless millions. She came, she saw, she dedicated, she served. She selected to dedicate her early life to the children in the turpentine sections of Florida. How […]
Meghan McCain
categories: Eulogy, Speeches
Eulogy for Senator John McCain - Sept. 1, 2018
September 1, 2018
Meghan McCain eulogized her father at a memorial service in Washington, D.C. "The world is a fine place and worth the fighting for and I hate very much to leave it." When Ernest Hemingway's Robert Jordan, at the close For Whom the Bell Tolls, lies wounded and waiting for his last fight, these are among his final thoughts. My father had every reason to think the world was an awful place. My father had every reason to think the world was not worth fighting for. My father had every reason […]