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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, […]
Carol Moseley Braun
categories: Keynote Address, Speeches
A Woman President: If Not Now, When? - Feb. 7, 2006
February 7, 2006
Thank you so very much. I want to thank the Dole Institute for inviting me today, and thank you very much, Jonathan, for the wonderful introduction. And I want to thank all of you for taking the time to visit with me today. I'd like to thank the chancellor, Chancellor Hemingway, to Bill Lacy, thank you for your remarks, and Rep. Ballard, thank you for taking me under your wing today and of course Allison, the paparazzi, over there. Everybody's been just wonderful today, and it's been just a delightful […]
Hillary Rodham Clinton
categories: Campaign Speech, Speeches, Victory Speech
Kentucky Primary Victory Speech - May 20, 2008
May 20, 2008
Thank you all very, very much. I am so grateful for this victory, and I am so appreciative because tonight I'm thinking about why we're all here, and it's not just to win a primary or even just to win an election. What propels us is the struggle to realize America's promise, a nation where every child can achieve his or her God-given potential, where every man and woman has a fair chance, where we fulfill- where we fulfill the ideals our founders pledged their lives to defend, and our […]
Geraldine A Ferraro
categories: Debate, Speeches
1984 Vice Presidential Debate - Oct. 11, 1984
October 11, 1984
DOROTHY S. RIDINGS: Good evening from the Civic Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I'm Dorothy Ridings, president of the League of Women Voters, the sponsor of tonight's vice-presidential debate between Republican George Bush and Democrat Geraldine Ferraro. Our panelists for tonight's debate are John Mashek, national correspondent for U.S. News & World Report; Jack White, correspondent for Time magazine; Norma Quarles, correspondent for NBC News; and Robert Boyd, Washington bureau chief for Knight-Ridder Newspapers. Sander Vanocur, senior political correspondent for ABC News, is our moderator tonight. Sandy. VANOCUR: Thank you, Dorothy. […]