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Carrie Chapman Catt
Speeches
The New Time - July 4, 1905
July 4, 1905
This transcript housed at the New York Public Library is undated, but Catt gave a speech called "The New Time" on July 4, 1905, at NAWSA's national convention in Portland, Oregon. Source: Walker, L. C. (1950). The speeches and speaking of Carrie Chapman Catt [Unpublished dissertation]. Northwestern University. This the 4th of July. In every city and village and hamlet throughout our country to-day, orators to-day have recounted the strange and picturesque story of the birth and marvelous growth of this greatest of nations. Tonight, around banquet boards, still other […]
Haley Stevens
categories: Campaign Speech, Speeches
Speech at Detroit March for Science – April 22, 2017
April 22, 2017
My name is Haley Stevens. I am a woman in science. I have worked in a manufacturing research lab, and I am here today because I never thought we would be fighting for the right to think. Growing up here in Michigan, I learned that America was the greatest country in the world – that we had the best hospitals filled with the smartest doctors, that we could solve any problem, that we can invent things like the internet and smart phones. And yes, I remember being promised a flying […]
Kirsten E Gillibrand
categories: Keynote Address, Speeches
Human Rights Campaign Speech - February 3, 2018
February 3, 2018
Thank you everybody. To Patty and Chris, thank you for the beautiful introduction. I am so honored to be here tonight with so many incredible leaders and fighters. I want to thank my friend and our leader, Chad Griffin, for his truly groundbreaking work that he's done at HRC. Chad has been defending LGBTQ rights since he was a teenager. His dedication should inspire all of us and remind us that no matter how long a road may be, if we keep fighting and never give up, we will make […]
Ilhan Omar
categories: Campaign Speech, Speeches, Victory Speech
Victory Speech – Nov. 6, 2018
November 6, 2018
As-Salaam-Alaikum. Alhamdulillah. Alhamdulillah. Alhamdulillah. Thank you all for being here with us. Thank you for welcoming us to song-and-dance. What an amazing journey this has been. I am here before you tonight as your congresswoman-elect with many firsts behind my name – the first woman of color to represent our state in Congress, the first woman to wear a hijab to represent us in Congress, the first refugee ever elected to Congress, and one of the first Muslim women elected to Congress, a title I share with my beautiful sister […]
Chellie M Pingree
categories: Campaign Speech, Speeches, Victory Speech
Victory Speech – Nov. 6, 2018
November 6, 2018
Okay, let’s get this party started! Well, I’m very excited and I'm very grateful to the voters of District 1 for giving me this honor tonight. I’m excited to be up here with two of my kids – my daughter Hannah, my daughter Cecily – who [unintelligible]. So let's just say – walking through polling places today was an amazing day. There were so many long lines, so many new voters waiting to be registered to vote, and we're likely to have a record turnout for a midterm election. I […]
Kirsten E Gillibrand
categories: Keynote Address, Speeches
Keynote Remarks at the Social Mobility Summit - January 13, 2014
January 13, 2014
MS. SAWHILL: Good morning, everyone. Hope everyone is feeling bright and cheery this morning. It is sunny and a reasonable temperature again. I’m Belle Sawhill. I am a co-director of the Center for Children and Families here at Brookings, along with Ron Haskins. And we have invited a group of experts from around the country to join us today for the first annual Summit on Social Mobility in the United States. It was organized by colleague, Richard Reeves. And we’re really delighted to have so many wonderful experts here to […]
Carrie Chapman Catt
Speeches
Speech Delivered at Pan Hellenic Program - 13 July 1939
July 13, 1939
Speech delivered by CARRIE CHAPMAN CATT on PAN HELLANIC PROGRAM at NEW YORK WORLD’S FAIR July 13, 1939 The future is unpredictable. An idea, a movement, an invention, may indicate a trend in a fixed direction which would naturally produce expectations which seem certain. What no one knows or can possibly know is the nature of the unexpected counter ideas and movements which arise and take full possession of the entire situation. Such influences may bring the tide of progress to a standstill or it may pick up some trends […]
Ayanna Pressley
categories: Campaign Speech, Speeches, Victory Speech
Victory Speech – Nov. 6, 2018
November 6, 2018
Thank you! I love you back. I love you back. Alright now. Alright, y'all. Change can't wait and neither can this speech. Alright. Wow, it is incredible to be with all of you this evening. You are an awesome sight to behold. I am grateful beyond words to God; to my loving family; to my dedicated A Team; to the volunteers and the broad and diverse coalition of voters, disruptors, believers, resisters, persisters, activists and agitators that brought us to this very moment. And I am so honored and humbled […]
Tulsi Gabbard
categories: Interview, Speeches
On the Van Jones Show - Jan. 12, 2019
January 12, 2019
JONES: My next guest might be doing both of those things. Please welcome to The Van Jones Show, Democratic Representative from Hawaii, my good friend Tulsi Gabbard in the house. Welcome to The Van Jones Show. So happy to see you. You were out there marching with some of these furloughed workers. I know your heart is breaking for them. Is it time for the Democrats to give up something? I mean, should we say, look all right we just can't take it anymore, just give this guy what he […]
Tulsi Gabbard
categories: Keynote Address, Speeches
State Democratic Convention Speech - May 28, 2018
May 28, 2018
Aloha. Thank you so much. It's a privilege to be here to join all of you. Thank you all for taking the time to be here, but really taking the time every day to do the- the tough work that you're doing within our communities to serve Hawaii, to strengthen our party, and to make positive change. I want to thank all of the people and the many hands that have gone into making this convention possible, and I want to thank the hotel staff and workers for taking care […]