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Elizabeth Warren
categories: Lecture, Speeches
Remarks at the National Press Club - Nov. 18, 2015
November 18, 2015
Thanks so much, it’s good to be here! I appreciate you're doing a list because I wanted to come here to expand that list a little bit. Change in the air in Washington. The lobbyists are swarming on Capitol Hill, the buzz is everywhere. Congress is going to revise the corporate tax code and the time is nearly here. So, the lobbyists have a pretty strong elevator pitch. It goes like this, US corporations are paying too much in taxes, the top tax corporate rate is 35 percent, which is […]
Michelle Obama
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The Power of Education- November 12, 2015
November 12, 2015
Let me tell you, I'm thrilled to be back here at the Columbia Heights Education Campus. How many of you guys were here when the President and I were here the last time? (applause) Yes, show -- applause are good. That will help me out. That's good. So you guys have made some good progress, and now we're back because we are so proud of what you all have been doing here, and we thought that this was the best place to begin this conversation. So let me start by […]
Michelle Obama
categories: Lecture, Speeches
Remarks at Peace Corps Training Event - March 21, 2015
March 21, 2015
Well, hello. Let me try this: Suor Sdai. Is that okay? (Laughter.) I’ll work on it. Well, hello. It is truly a pleasure and an honor to be here in Siem Reap with all of you. I’m grateful for the hospitality and the warmth of the Cambodian people who have made me feel welcome and at home in such a short period of time. And I’m thrilled to join all of you today as we embark on one of the very first trainings for Let Girls Learn. I want to […]
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
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A Voice For Freedom- Dec. 10, 2011
December 10, 2011
Your Majesties, Royal Highnesses, Excellencies, Members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Nobel Laureates, my brothers and sisters: On behalf of all the women of Liberia, the women of Africa, and women everywhere in the world who have struggled for peace, justice and equality, I accept with great humility the 2011 Nobel Prize for Peace. I am particularly honored to be a successor to the several sons and one daughter of Africa who have stood on this stage – Chief Albert John Lutuli, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nelson Mandela and F.W. de […]