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Elizabeth Warren
categories: Campaign Speech, Speeches
Campaigning for Hillary Clinton in Cincinnati- June 27, 2016
June 27, 2016
Whoa! Thank you! Thank you for that warm welcome. I am always happy to come to Ohio. It is always good to be in the home state of my great friend and your great Senator, Sherrod Brown! And it is good to be in the state that’s going to send Ted Strickland to the US Senate in November! Yes! I’m here today because I’m with her. Yes, her. We’re all here today because we’re with her and we’re going to work our hearts out to make Hillary Clinton the next […]
Mary Elizabeth “Tipper” Gore
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Remarks at the Women's History Month Ceremony- March 5, 1998
March 5, 1998
Thank you, Secretary Cohen, for that introduction. One hundred and fifty years ago, when the struggle for women's rights began, it was often said that a woman's chief job in life was to raise virtuous sons who would then go out into the world and fight the battles, win the wars, and do the right things. Just as in battle, the fight often comes down to one decisive moment. For women’s rights, that took place seventy-five years later, when the suffragists faced losing ratification on women's voting rights by one […]
Jill Biden
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White House Summit on Community Colleges - Oct. 5, 2010
October 5, 2010
Hello. Good afternoon, and welcome to the first ever White House Summit on Community Colleges. I'm Jill Biden, and I'm proud to stand here today as a community college professor. This is an historic and exciting opportunity for all of us in the community college world. For years I have said that community colleges are one of America's best-kept secrets. Well, with the President of the United States shining a light on us, I think that secret is out. (Laughter.) Today's summit is an important next step in our efforts […]
Lynne Cheney
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Remarks on History at the National Press Club- July 2, 2002
July 2, 2002
It's a great pleasure to be here today at the National Press Club. You welcomed me when I came here as Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities. I appreciated your hospitality then, and I appreciate your inviting me to come again now that I am in a somewhat different role. When I spoke to you before it was about history, and I, like you, I am sure, have certainly had history much on my mind of late. I have a sense that I know many share of living […]
Elena Kagan
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Opening Statement for U.S. Supreme Court Nomination Hearing - June 28, 2010
June 28, 2010
Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, Senator Sessions, and members of the Committee. I’d like to thank Senators Kerry and Brown for those generous introductions. I also want to thank the President again for nominating me to this position. I’m honored and humbled by his confidence. Let me also thank all the members of the Committee, as well as many other Senators, for meeting with me in these last several weeks. I’ve discovered that they call these courtesy visits for a reason: each of you has been unfailingly gracious and […]
Mary Elizabeth “Tipper” Gore
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San Francisco Women's Summit - April 14, 1998
April 15, 1998
One hundred and fifty years ago, during the summer of 1848, Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton and other women of courage convened a women’s convention in Seneca Falls, New York. The convention's "Declaration of Sentiments" began with the words: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men and women are created equal." In that day and time, it was often said that a woman's chief job in life was to raise virtuous sons who would then go out into the world and do the right thing. And […]
Elena Kagan
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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Distinguished Lecture on Women and the Law - Feb. 3, 2014
February 3, 2014
Justice Ginsburg deserves the Standing O, I haven’t done anything yet. Thank you Justice Ginsburg Ruth for that wonderful introduction. I think that Christmas Day story is going to follow me everyplace I go. There’s nothing I’m ever going to write on the U.S. Supreme Court that’s going to be so much quoted as that line. But, I’m still going to try. Thank you so much to the New York City Bar Association for having me. It’s really an honor to be here to talk with all of you, and […]
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 […]
Mary Elizabeth “Tipper” Gore
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From Discovery to Recovery- July 16, 1998
July 16, 1998
Thank you all so much. And thank you Laurie for your generous words and for your leadership and advocacy on behalf of the mentally ill. I want you to know that I am deeply grateful and flattered to receive this award. As I look around this ballroom, filled with individuals who have dedicated a lifetime to working to assist people with mental illness, I feel I should be accepting this honor for each of you. After all, without your individual and collective efforts, there would be far less hope; there […]
Mary Elizabeth “Tipper” Gore
Speeches
Speech to the Girl Scouts of America- Oct. 15, 1999
October 15, 1999
Thank you so much for inviting me. I am delighted to be with you today. Thank you “Noni” Sridhara for your kind words and warm welcome. Congratulations to Marti Evans on her new post, Al and I wish you the best. And thank you Elinor Ferdon for your years of service to the Girl Scouts. The twentieth century has been a remarkable time for America, and women in particular. It was a century of both challenge and affirmation. We saw democracy spread around the world and deepen here at home. […]