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Margaret Thatcher
categories: Keynote Address, Lecture, Speeches
John Findley Foundation Lecture - March 9, 1996
March 9, 1996
Thatcher gave this address at Westminster College. Mr. Chairman, Mr. President, Governor, ladies and gentlemen: I am sensible of the honor you do me in inviting me to give this memorial lecture. May I thank you, Governor, your kind and generous welcome. When my distinguished predecessor delivered his Fulton speech, exactly fifty years ago, he journeyed hither by train in the company of the President of the United States. On the way, they played poker to pass the time. And the President won 75 dollars -- quite a sum in […]
Lynne Cheney
categories: Lecture, Speeches
Remarks at Chapman University- Feb. 20, 2002
February 20, 2002
It's a great pleasure to be here today at Chapman University. I remember the warm welcome I received here when I came during my tenure as Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities and I have been looking forward to visiting this lovely campus again. I believe that when I was here before I congratulated you on the thoughtfulness of your curriculum and I remain impressed that you require the study of western civilization, as well as the study of a non-western civilization, and that students are required to […]
Elizabeth Warren
categories: Lecture, Speeches
A Future Worth Fighting For- June 4, 2016
June 4, 2016
As I was saying, I’ve been a Senator, and it’s been a great honor to serve the people of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts down in Congress. I've worked on the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, worked on the TARP bailout, trying to get a little accountability, taught for many, many years — but none of this was always my life. Growing up was pretty different for me. My parents worked really hard. My dad sold fencing and carpeting He ended up as a maintenance man. My mom raised four kids […]
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 […]