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Jeanne Shaheen
categories: Eulogy, Floor Speech - U.S. Senate, Speeches
Remembering Geraldine Ferraro - March 29, 2011
March 29, 2011
U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, paid tribute to the life of Geraldine Ferraro in a speech on the Senate floor. Madam President, I know we are about to recess, but I wish to take a minute or two to add my voice to all the women in the Senate who have been here today and thank the Presiding Officer for her leadership for encouraging us to honor Geraldine Ferraro. I remember being on the floor of the 1984 Democratic Convention when she gave her acceptance speech for the Vice […]
Jenny Horne
Speeches
On Removing the Confederate Flag - July 8, 2015
July 8, 2015
*On June 17, 2015, nine black members of a Bible study at a Charleston church, including the senior pastor, state Senator Clementa Pinckney, were shoot to death. After the discovery of a website belonging to the alleged shooter containing white supremacist writings and photos of him posing with the Confederate battle flag, calls mounted to remove the battle flag from South Carolina State House grounds, where it had flown since 1962. After quick passage of a bill in the South Carolina Senate, the bill stalled in the House as multiple […]
Rebecca L Felton
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. Senate, Speeches
To the Senate - Nov. 11, 1922
November 22, 1922
To the Senate1 Mr. President, in my very remarkable campaign in Georgia, which, contrary to precedent, all came along after I was selected, one of the very amusing things that came to me by mail was a cartoon from San Antonio, Texas. The cartoon represented the United States Senate in session. The seats seemed to be fully occupied, and there appeared in the picture the figure of a woman who had evidently entered without sending in her card. The gentlemen in the Senate took the situation variously. Some seemed to […]
Margaret Chase Smith
categories: Announcement Speech, Campaign Speech, Speeches
Announcement to Seek the 1964 Republican Nomination for President - Jan. 27, 1964
January 27, 1964
On January 27, 1964, Senator Margaret Chase Smith stood before the Women's National Press Club in Washington, D.C., and announced her candidacy for the President of the United States. Senator Smith competed in three primaries (New Hampshire, Illinois and Oregon) and became the first woman to be placed in nomination by a major political party. Senator Barry Goldwater won the Republican nomination, but Smith came in second to Goldwater by receiving 27 delegate votes at the Republican National Convention in San Francisco, California. Madam Chairman, distinguished guests, and friends: I'm […]
Carly Fiorina
categories: Announcement Speech, Campaign Speech, Speeches
I'm Running for President- May 4, 2015
May 4, 2015
CLIP FROM HILLARY CLINTON ANNOUNCEMENT VIDEO: I'm getting ready to do something, too. I'm running for president. FIORINA: Our founders never intended us to have a professional political class. They believed that citizens and leaders needed to step forward. We know the only way to reimagine our government is to reimagine who is leading it. I’m Carly Fiorina, and I'm running for president. If you're tired of the sound bites, the vitriol, the pettiness, the egos, the corruption, if you believe it's time to declare the end of identity politics, […]
Carly Fiorina
categories: Keynote Address, Speeches
New Hampshire Republican Leadership Summit 2015- April 18, 2015
April 18, 2015
Welcome. I'm so delighted to be with you here today. You know, when I was a little girl my mother one Sunday morning in Sunday school looked at me and said, what you are is God's gift to you. What you make of yourself is your gift to God. It seemed like a promise that I had God-given gifts, and it seemed like a challenge as well that I needed to find them and use them. I would go on eventually to enroll in Stanford University, where I would graduate […]
Carly Fiorina
categories: Campaign Speech, Speeches, Victory Speech
Senate Primary Victory Speech- June 8, 2010
June 8, 2010
My good friends. I have heard your message loud and clear. The people of California have had enough. In fact, I think they can hear you all the way to Washington D.C. From the moment I declared my candidacy, over seven thousand volunteers, over 20 coalitions, 12 thousand donors, and a tireless, hard-working staff have made this the greatest team effort I have ever had the privilege to be a part of. All of you worked together to make tonight a reality, and I owe you a debt of gratitude […]
Elizabeth Dole
categories: Campaign Speech, Concession Speech, Speeches
Concession speech - Nov. 3, 2008
November 3, 2008
Senator Elizabeth Dole concedes to Senator-elect Kay Hagan in the 2008 North Carolina U.S. Senate race. [cheering] Wow. It's hard to see you all, but I know there are lots of friends out there. [cheering] Wow, thank you so much. [cheering] My goodness. Let me just say first of all—I love each and every one of you. Thank you for being here tonight. All these great friends and family members and colleagues. Hard, hard workers—thank you. And the first thing I want to say tonight is to thank my husband, […]
Elizabeth Dole
categories: Keynote Address, Speeches
Trevecca Nazarene University - Sept. 15, 2011
September 15, 2011
Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen, for that wonderful warm welcome. And Dr. Guenther thank you for your extremely kind words of introduction. Ladies and gentlemen it is such a privilege to be with you today, and to join Dr. Gunter—both Dr. Gunters, Nina and Moody- and Dr. and Mrs. Boone, Dr. Tim Green, and all of you, the students, faculty and members of the Trevecca Nazarene community. And I want to say it is a great pleasure to meet many of Dr. Gunters' family members today too; we […]
Pat Schroeder
categories: Keynote Address, Speeches
On Running for President - May 6, 2008
May 6, 2008
This is an excerpt from a speech at Woody Tanger Auditorium in the Brooklyn College Library. But in 1988, I looked at running for president. I keep thinking how I always thought that the world was changing so much faster than it was. That’s probably the biggest mistake I’ve always made in my life. When I got elected in ’73, I asked the Library of Congress how long it would be before half the house would be female, like the population. And the answer was 425 years, and I thought, […]