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Elizabeth Warren
categories: Campaign Speech, Speeches
Address at 2012 Democratic National Convention - Sept. 5, 2012
September 5, 2012
I'm Elizabeth Warren, and this is my first Democratic Convention. I never thought I'd run for Senate. And I sure never dreamed that I'd get to be the warm-up act for President Bill Clinton. He’s an amazing man, who had the good sense to marry one of the coolest women on the planet. I want to give a special shout out to the Massachusetts delegation. I'm counting on you to help me win and to help President Obama win. I'm here tonight to talk about hard-working people: people who get […]
Janet A Napolitano
categories: Commencement/Baccalaureate/Convocation Address, Speeches
Commencement Address at Northeastern University - May 2, 2014
May 2, 2014
Thank you Mr President, members of the Board of Trustees, faculty, students, staff of Northeastern. Thank you to my fellow honorees, who I’ve had the pleasure to spend some time with over the last evening and today, and to family members, friends, and guests of the Northeastern community who have joined us here today. What a great Husky Nation you have. Most importantly, thank you, and congratulations, to you, the Class of 2014. What an honor, and a privilege, to celebrate with you today. Give it up! Now that you […]
Niki Tsongas
categories: Commencement/Baccalaureate/Convocation Address, Speeches
BU Law Commencement Address - May 18, 2008
May 18, 2008
Thank you, and good evening. And thank you in particular for inviting me to share this evening with all of you. And good evening Dean O’Rourke, to members of the Board of Trustees, faculty, honorees, proud parents, families and friends and especially deserving graduates of the Boston University Class of 2008. I know this is a time of great satisfaction at having withstood the rigors of law school, relief that you have arrived at this moment of closure and anticipation at what lies ahead. A graduation is always an occasion […]
Christina D Romer
categories: Commencement/Baccalaureate/Convocation Address, Speeches
Commencement Address at The College of William & Mary - May 16, 2010
May 16, 2010
It is a pleasure to be with you this afternoon. I am honored to spend this important day with you and your families. I often tell my children that I wish I could live my life over again-not because I want to change things, but because it was so nice the first time around. What you have given me today is a chance to relive one very special day-my graduation from William and Mary some 29 years ago. I am delighted that my father is here to spend the day […]
Mary Fallin
categories: Speeches, State of State
2012 State of the State Address - Feb. 6, 2012
February 6, 2012
Lieutenant Governor Lamb, statewide elected officials, Speaker Steele, President Pro Tem Bingman, members of the court, Honorable Senators and Representatives, cabinet members, distinguished guests, and citizens of Oklahoma: It is my duty as well as my great honor to be here today to discuss the state of our state as we begin the 2012 legislative session. I’m joined today by my family, my husband Wade and our wonderful children. Thank you for your love and support. And to the people of Oklahoma, thank you for giving me the incredible opportunity […]
Mary Fallin
categories: Speeches, State of State
2014 State of the State Address - Feb. 3, 2014
February 3, 2014
Elected officials, justices of our court systems, tribal representatives and people of Oklahoma, it is a great pleasure to be here with you today and I thank you for the honor of being able to serve as the governor of the state of Oklahoma and to deliver our state of the state address. Now, before I begin, I am pleased to have joining me today my husband, the first gentleman of the state of Oklahoma, Wade Christensen. And also, my daughter, Christina Fallin. The elected officials here today have a […]
Candy Crowley
categories: Commencement/Baccalaureate/Convocation Address, Speeches
Commencement Address at Maharishi University of Management - May 26, 2012
May 26, 2012
President Morris, members of the Board of Trustees, the faculty and staff, the parents, thank you all for being so welcoming. I have a quick story, since he’s here and I can embarrass him. I won a second Emmy at some point in my career and I called my youngest son—I have two sons. I said, “Guess what—I won a second Emmy for...” whatever it was for and he said, “Oh, that’s great, because now when you die we can both have one.” That is why you have children, they […]
Soledad O’Brien
categories: Commencement/Baccalaureate/Convocation Address, Speeches
Commencement Address at the University of Delaware - May 26, 2012
May 26, 2012
Good morning. I am so honored to be a part of the class of 2012 and I once set where you are sitting today so I know, for a fact, that there are a bunch people who just rolled in from last night. I know that to be true. I know there are others who have been preparing for this day since the moment they walked onto this campus. I know that for everybody this is a culmination of years of hard work. Today you’re surrounded by people who love […]
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
categories: Commencement/Baccalaureate/Convocation Address, Speeches
Commencement Address at Harvard University - May 26, 2011
May 26, 2011
President Drew Gilpin Faust, president and members of the Harvard Board of Overseers, members of the Harvard Corporation, faculty, staff students, fellow honorands, fellow alumni, members of the graduating class of 2011, parents, family friends, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen: I am honored not only to be the 360th commencement speaker at my alma mater, but to do so in the year Harvard University, as the oldest institution of learning in America, celebrates 375 years of preparing minds for service and leadership. Thank you for the invitation and congratulations to […]
Marian Wright Edelman
Speeches
Resetting Our Nation's Moral Compass - May 15, 2005
May 15, 2005
Adapted from the commencement address delivered May 15, 2005, at Colgate University. I think our nation's moral compass needs resetting. I think we've lost our sense of what is important as a people. I think too many of our young people of all races and classes are growing up unable to handle life in hard places without hope and without steady moral compasses to navigate a world that is reinventing itself at an unpredictable pace both technologically and politically. But despite this dazzling change, I believe there are some enduring […]