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Nancy Mace
categories: Commencement/Baccalaureate/Convocation Address, Speeches
Commencement Address at the Citadel – May 4, 2024
May 4, 2024
Rep. Nancy Mace, the first female graduate of The Citadel, also became their first female commencement speaker at the 2024 ceremony Thank you, General and distinguished guests, friends of The Citadel, esteemed Board of Visitors, the president of The Citadel, the commandant of cadets and members of the class of 2024. Twenty-five years ago, I had the honor of sitting in one of those chairs that you're sitting in today, about to become the first woman to graduate from The Citadel Corps of Cadets. I was pale. I was nauseous. […]
Portia Simpson Miller
Speeches
Address at the Opening Ceremony of the 34th Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community – July 3, 2013
July 3, 2013
Among the many things we the people of the Caribbean have in common is the warm and welcoming Caribbean Sea. Its foamy crests embrace all our coastlines. Our island homes are set like tiny jewels amidst its crystal blue waters. Yet each jewel is different – rare and precious –distinctive and diverse. As Caribbean peoples, our similarities and our differences have origins in unique experiences of altered histories. Forty years ago our forefathers and mothers decided that it was prudent to embrace both that which we had in common and […]
Portia Simpson Miller
categories: Press Conference, Speeches
Remarks After Meeting with President Barack Obama - April 9, 2015
April 9, 2015
Thank you for being with us today to witness this memorable chapter in Jamaica-U.S. relations. The historic meeting held today with the Honorable Barack Obama, president of the United States of America, sends a positive signal of the strong bilateral relationship that exists between Jamaica and the United States of America. These relations are anchored in our strong democratic traditions and the historical and cultural bonds that unite our peoples. The importance to Jamaica of our relations with the United States of America must be clearly understood. The USA is […]
Portia Simpson Miller
categories: Keynote Address, Speeches
Keynote Speech at the Annual Summit of the Women in Parliaments Global Forum - Nov. 27, 2013
November 27, 2013
Madam Chairperson The chair of the African Union My sister, honourable Zuma Heads of government Members of government Ladies and gentlemen Organizers of this wonderful conference It is a distinct honor for me to have been invited to address you at this important forum. The work of the European Union has demonstrated leadership in the advocacy for gender equality. The adoption last year of three major reports on gender and governance by the European Parliament demonstrates that the EU remains committed to the empowerment of women. Whether by coincidence or […]
Jill Biden
categories: Commencement/Baccalaureate/Convocation Address, Speeches
Mesa Community College Commencement Address - May 11, 2024
May 11, 2024
Thank you, President Britt. Good morning – I am honored to be with all of you today. “You shouldn’t go to college.” That’s what my high school guidance counselor told me. I was crushed. His assessment was that I wasn’t college material. He said, “if you don’t really know what you want to do next, college just isn’t right for you. You shouldn’t waste your time.” My whole life, I’d wanted to go to college. And now the person who was supposed to guide me there was saying that I […]
Marjorie Taylor Greene
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. House, Speeches
Motion to Vacate – May 8, 2024
May 8, 2024
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green introduced a motion to vacate the chair in an effort to remove Rep. Mike Johnson as Speaker of the House. The motion failed when a majority of the members voted to table it. REP. GREENE: Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Clause 2-A-1 of Rule 19, I seek recognition to give intent to raise questions of the privileges of the House. The form of the resolution is as follows. Declaring the office of Speaker of the House of Representatives to be vacant. [boos from the chamber] This is […]
Giorgia Meloni
Speeches
Speech at the Budapest Demographic Summit - ‘Family is the key to security’ session - Sept.14, 2023
September 13, 2023
Good morning everyone, I obviously have to thank Katalin Novák, who is a fighter too. She is a great mother and a very good and great politician too and she is a friend of mine, as Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has been a good friend of mine for many years. I also want to bring my due greetings to all the authorities, to President Radev, and to Vice President Mpango. I think today we have an important opportunity to discuss a number of issues that Italy considers key not just […]
Giorgia Meloni
Speeches
Speech at the 78th United Nations General Assembly - Sept. 20, 2023
September 20, 2023
TRANSLATED FROM ITALIAN. Mr President, Mr Secretary-General, Colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is an honor for me to represent Italy before this General Assembly of the United Nations. An honor that is, however, not light like privilege, but heavy like the weight of responsibility. We are living in complex times, of continuous emergencies and change, and we cannot afford the luxury of words of circumstance, of lofty principles that have never been realized, of easy choices in the place of the right ones. We need to look back at the […]
Portia Simpson Miller
Speeches
Address at the Opening Ceremony of the Thirty-Third Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community - July 4, 2012
July 4, 2012
Chairman of the Conference, Prime Minister Kenny Anthony, Colleague Heads of State and Government; Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community; Special Guests; Heads of other Regional organizations and institutions; Distinguished ladies and gentlemen; Good morning. I am delighted to be back at my first Regular Session of the Conference of Heads since 2007. It is good to be back among colleagues and friends. I begin by expressing my sincere gratitude to you, Prime Minister Anthony and to the Government and People of St. Lucia, for the very warm and generous hospitality […]
Carrie Chapman Catt
categories: Radio address, Speeches
Radio Address for the National Council of Women – Jan. 25, 1935
January 25, 1935
The following transcript contains two versions of this address. The National Committee on the Cause and Cure of War, composed of eleven women's national organizations, has been celebrating its tenth anniversary this week in Washington. The Committee's constituents number approximately six millions of women. These women are learning about war: what it means; what starts it; and what it costs. The Committee has held ten annual conferences at which 270 addresses have been made by distinguished students of the war problem, followed by questions and discussions. Two hundred subjects have […]