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Laura Kelly
categories: Speeches, State of State
State of the State - January 24, 2023
January 24, 2023
Mr. Speaker… Mr. President… Madam Chief Justice and the entire Kansas Supreme Court… members of my Cabinet ...leaders of the Kansas tribes… and all the constitutional officers and legislators assembled here tonight. It is my honor to welcome Lieutenant Governor David Toland, his wife Beth Toland, and their children Caroline and William. As we all know, Lieutenant Governor Toland holds not one, but two jobs, and I think it’s fair to say that he has just wrapped up what has been the most successful year in history for any Kansas […]
Jane Goodall
categories: Lecture, Speeches
UN Messenger of Peace Dr. Jane Goodall Addresses the Climate Assembly – Aug. 14, 2023
August 14, 2023
Hello, this is Jane Goodall, and I really wish I could be with you all. I’m speaking from the house where I was brought up in the UK. I was brought up as a Christian. My grandfather was a congregational minister. We went to church and worshiped God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost. But my wise mother told me that if I’d been born to a Jewish family, I’d worship Jehovah, to a Muslim family, Allah, to a Native American family, the Creator, and so […]
Jane Goodall
categories: Keynote Address, Speeches
On Chimpanzee Research - Dec. 6, 1990
December 6, 1990
Well, first of all, good evening to all of you. Can you hear? AUDIENCE: No. Laughter That's what I thought. Well, I think we'd better start by getting this right. Can we have somebody up here to help with the microphones? Some sound expert? And, could we have the house lights up a little bit so I can see everybody in front of me. Could you put the house lights, can somebody make the mics work? Laughter Are we doing any better? Well, this isn't my job. Laughter Greetings from […]
Laura Kelly
categories: Speeches, State of State
State of the State Address - January 11, 2022
January 11, 2022
Mr. Speaker, Mr. President, Madam Chief Justice, Lt. Governor Toland, statewide elected officials, members of the Legislature, Cabinet officers, leaders of the Kansas tribes, honored guests, and fellow Kansans. After two years of challenges, of limited gatherings, it is my high honor to stand before you, once again this evening to deliver my fourth State of the State Address. To report on our shared successes. And to present a blueprint for the final year of my first term. Joining me tonight in the east gallery is the third “First Gentleman” […]
Sarah Parker Remond
categories: Lecture, Speeches
American Slavery and its Influence on Great Britain – Aug. 14-21, 1861
August 14, 1861
The Influence of nation upon nation can scarcely be over-estimated since steam has brought the inhabitants of distant countries into more intimate relations with each other. No two countries separated by the same distance have been more closely connected through many channels than the States of North America and Great Britain, and the influence of national character becomes a matter of serious importance. Chattel slavery as it exists in the Southern States of North America is the colossal evil, the prolific source which has corrupted the public opinion throughout the […]
Sarah Parker Remond
Speeches
Because They Are Men and Women - 1859
January 1, 1859
I appeal on behalf of four millions of men, women, and children who are chattels in the Southern States of America. Not because they are identical with my race and color, though I am proud of that identity, but because they are men and women. The sum of sixteen hundred millions of dollars is invested in their bones, sinews, and flesh — is this not sufficient reason why all the friends of humanity should not endeavor with all their might and power, to overturn the vile systems of slavery. Remond, […]
Sarah Parker Remond
categories: Lecture, Speeches
Why Slavery is Still Rampant in the Land – Sept. 14, 1859
September 14, 1859
An open public lecture delivered by Sarah Parker Remond on September 14, 1859, at the Manchester Athenaeum in Manchester, England. Although the anti-slavery enterprise was begun some thirty years ago, the evil is still rampant in the land. As there are some young people present — and I am glad to see them here for, it is important that they shall understand this subject — I shall briefly explain that there are thirty-two states, sixteen of which are free and sixteen slave-states. The free states are in the north. The political […]
Laura Kelly
categories: Speeches, State of State
State of the State Address - January 12, 2021
January 12, 2021
Good evening. Typically, I would deliver the State of the State address to the legislature and the public from the House Chamber in the Capitol building. And I would begin by looking out over all the familiar faces, constitutional officers, cabinet members, and my own family. But, these aren’t typical times. And while I can’t see them, I am grateful that my husband, Ted Daughety, and daughters, Kathleen and Molly, are hosting a virtual watch party with members of my family across the country. I know it’s not just my […]
Laura Kelly
categories: Speeches, State of State
State of the State Address - January 16, 2020
January 16, 2020
Mr. Speaker, Madam President, Madam Chief Justice, Lt. Governor Rogers, members of the Legislature, Cabinet officers, leaders of the Kansas tribes, honored guests, and fellow Kansans. It is my high honor to stand before you this evening to report on the progress of my administration, and to share my plans for the year ahead. We have much to discuss tonight. But before I begin, please welcome back the third “First Gentleman” in Kansas history, my husband, Dr. Ted Daughety. Ted still misses his garden and his darkroom, but he’s adjusting […]
Ella Baker
Speeches
Address at Puerto Rican Solidarity Day Rally – Oct. 27, 1974
October 27, 1974
Friends, brothers, and sisters in the struggle for human dignity and freedom. I am here to represent the struggle that has gone on for three-hundred or more years — a struggle to be recognized as citizens in a country in which we were born. I have had about forty or fifty years of struggle, ever since a little boy on the streets of Norfolk called me a nigger. I struck him back. And then I had to learn that hitting back with my fists one individual was not enough. It […]