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Harriet Tubman
Speeches
"Rooted Here" - August 2, 1859
August 2, 1859
. . . of a man who sowed onions and garlic on his land to increase his dairy productions; but he soon found the butter was strong and would not sell, and so he concluded to sow clover instead. But he soon found the wind had blown the onions and garlic all over his field. Just so, the white people had got the nigger here to do their drudgery, and now they were trying to root ‘em out and send ‘em back to Africa. But they can’t do it; we’re […]
Katie Britt
Speeches
Republican Response to the State of the Union Address - March 7, 2024
March 7, 2024
Good evening, America. My name is Katie Britt, and I have the honor of serving the people of the great state of Alabama in the United States Senate. However, that’s not the job that matters most. I’m a proud wife and mom of two school-aged kids. My daughter, Bennett, and my son, Ridgeway, are why I ran for the Senate. I am worried about their future – and the future of children in every corner of our nation. That’s why I invited you into our home tonight. Like so many […]
Kelly Ayotte
Speeches
Speech at Woodbury School's Veterans Day Program - Nov. 3, 2023
November 3, 2023
Well, Principal, I really appreciate being here and I love the new gym. So congratulations to everyone from Salem, Superintendent Palmer, all your hard work. This is a beautiful facility. And it's amazing that you have your your family here and your grandfather. Thank you for what you've done for us. And as I look around this room, I really appreciate everyone who's here, Senator Hasson Senator Morse. Our Adjutant General, General Mikolaities, this is a wonderful ceremony. And it's always so special to be here at Woodbury school. But […]
Nikki Haley
categories: Campaign Speech, Speeches
Caucus Night Remarks - Jan. 15, 2024
January 15, 2024
You can’t do it unless you have a faith and God is so good. I want to say to my husband who is deployed, who I know may or may not be watching this right now. Michael, I love you. And what keeps me going is I know we sleep under the same stars. So I to say to Rena, and Josh, and Nalin, I am so proud of you. The best job I will always have is being your mom. I want to thank my parents who are at […]
Kyrsten Sinema
Speeches
Announcing Retirement from the U.S. Senate - March 5, 2024
March 5, 2024
In 2017, I warned we were approaching a crossroads. Our democracy was weakened by government dysfunction and the constant pull to the extremes by both political parties. I promised I would do my best to fix it, to protect and defend our constitution, to listen to others without judging, to focus on what unites us, and to make Americans lives better through listening, understanding, and compromise. We delivered tangible results that make America safer, stronger, and more prosperous. Yet, despite modernizing our infrastructure, ensuring clean water, delivering good jobs and […]
Jeannette Rankin
Speeches
"Woman Suffrage" - Jan. 10, 1918
January 10, 1918
Mr. Speaker, we are facing today a question of political evolution. International circumstances have forced this question to an issue. Our country is in a state of war. The Nation has had a terrible shock. The result has been a sudden change in our national consciousness. The things we have for years been taking for granted are suddenly assuming a new significance for us. We as a Nation were born in a land of unparalleled resources, of vast acreage of fertile soil, of minerals, of coal, oil, gas, of timber, […]
Jeannette Rankin
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. House, Speeches
Remarks on Pearl Harbor - Dec. 8, 1942
December 8, 1942
JEANNETTE RANKIN: Mr. Speaker, we have been at war a year. During that time the American people have had abundant opportunity to take stock of the Nation’s situation and to raise a large number of pertinent questions, not out of any spirit of disunity but in a firm belief that the Nation’s welfare requires a vigilant exercise of the traditional American right of free inquiry. As a member of Congress who voted against the declaration of war on December 8, 1941, I wish to take advantage of this anniversary occasion […]
Mary McLeod Bethune
categories: Commencement/Baccalaureate/Convocation Address, Speeches
"A Philosophy of Education for Negro Girls" - 1920
January 1, 1920
For the past seventy years the Negro has experienced various degrees of freedom. That which was given him in the early years of emancipation was more genuine and perhaps more benign that than which today he must take. For today he must free himself by reason of his ability and by merit, and by whatever trust and confidence may be found in himself. A great deal of this new freedom rests upon the type of education which the Negro woman will receive. Early emancipation did not concern itself with giving […]
Jeannette Rankin
Speeches
"Until They Have the Power", Suffrage Day Speech - May 13, 1914
May 13, 1914
This is one of the grandest days that ever happened for women. All over the country women are asking for the vote and you know that what a woman asks for she usually gets. And we should have the ballot. We are a force in life, a factor which must be considered in all problems. You know that when you are working a problem in mathematics you must take account of every factor if you are to get the right answer. So it is with government; unless you take account […]
Margaret Chase Smith
categories: Commencement/Baccalaureate/Convocation Address, Speeches
Commencement Address at Westbrook Junior College - June 15, 1983
June 25, 1953
You young women are on the threshold of the finest years of your life. Make the best of those years, not only for yourselves but for your families, your friends, and your country as well. Make better use of those years than has the generation preceding you. Give the young women who follow you a heritage of peace instead of the world of suspicion, aggression, treason, character assassination and moral delinquency that has been thrust upon you by the older generation that has preceded you. Show them the way to […]