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Claudia “Lady Bird” Johnson
Speeches
A New Hour for Humanity - April 20, 1964
April 20, 1964
I am delighted to be here as your conference opens and to reaffirm my admiration for your organization. I bring you personal greetings from one of your most avid admirers—my husband. The YWCA which touches so many lives each day has touched our own on many occasions. When we have traveled on assignments abroad—to Greece, Turkey, The Philippines, the letters Y-W-C-A are a common tongue and they seem to say—"this is an outpost of democracy". In Washington, just four blocks from the White House are the busy facilities of the […]
Claudia “Lady Bird” Johnson
categories: Commencement/Baccalaureate Address, Speeches
The Total Woman: Baccalaureate Address at Radcliffe College - June 9, 1964
June 9, 1964
It is four years since that anxiously-awaited envelope postmarked "Cambridge, Massachusetts" arrived in your home. This day marks the culmination of those years. You have struggled, groaned and grown within the demanding and rigorous intellectual life of this remarkable institution, and here you are today—ready to turn your knowledge and skills to new fields. But with all your perception, with all your brainpower, I wonder if you know how great is the pride in you of those who are in this hall today? What can I say to make you […]
Nikki Haley
Speeches
Speech at Susan B. Anthony List Gala - June 3, 2019
June 3, 2019
Thank you so much. What a great room, thank you so much. Thank you Marjorie, for your commitment, strength, and heart. You are an inspiration to so many and we all appreciate your efforts. And thank you to everyone in this room. I am so grateful to you not just for being here tonight, but for showing up and fighting every single day. Each of you is doing something extraordinary. You're saving lives so thank you. The pro-life movement is a noble cause. It's also a thankless cause.That's because the […]
Cecile Richards
categories: Lecture, Speeches
The Political Progress Women Have Made and What's Next - Nov. 30, 2018
November 30, 2018
Nearly 100 years ago, almost today, most women in the United States finally won the right to vote. Now, it would take decades more for women of color to earn that right, and we've come a long way since, but I would argue not nearly far enough. I think what women want today, not just only in the United States but around the globe, is to no longer be an afterthought. We don't want to continue to try to, like, look at the next 100 years and be granted, grudgingly, […]
Cecile Richards
Speeches
Speech at Democratic Candidate Training Summit - June 11, 2022
June 11, 2022
Welcome to the state where some of our politicians want folks to run around anywhere with assault weapons but you can go to jail for making your own decisions about your pregnancy, right? I mean, sorry about that. So, as this last panel said, we got a lot to do. Thank you arena for doing this, for bringing together this awesome group of people. And, it's exciting - I just actually left the March For Our Lives rally at the Capital and I just will say invest in young people. […]
Kamala Harris
Speeches
Remarks at Juneteenth Concert - June 13, 2023
June 13, 2023
Good evening, everyone. Good evening. (Applause.) Happy Juneteenth! (Applause.) Please have a seat. Please have a seat. (Audience members make “Skee-Wee” sound.) (Laughs.) And to my Divine Nine family. (Laughs.) (Cheers.) Good evening, everyone. So tonight, with joy, we gather with friends and generations of family members. We gather here at the White House, steps from where the Emancipation Proclamation was signed, to celebrate America’s newest national holiday. (Applause.) And we are joined by so many incredible leaders, including members of Congress, members of the Congressional Black Caucus — (applause) […]
Kamala Harris
categories: Interview, Speeches
Remarks on Clean Energy Economy - July 14, 2023
July 14, 2023
Good afternoon, everyone. Good afternoon. Good afternoon. Please have a seat. Please have a seat. But I’m going to ask you applaud — to — to applaud again for Vernice, please, (inaudible). (Applause.) Really. Because, you know, Michael Regan and I have talked about this as we travel the country, and there is so much about what we are accomplishing in these last two years with the work we have done — (phone rings) — that really is about answering the calls — (laughter) — and the — and — […]
Kamala Harris
Speeches
Remarks on the Florida State Board of Education Curriculum Updates - July 21, 2023
July 21, 2023
THE VICE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everyone. Good afternoon. (Applause.) Good afternoon. Good af- — (applause) — (laughs) — to all of you, thank you. Have a seat. Have a seat. Let me, first of all, thank Jennifer. She and I and the Congresswoman Cherfilus-McCormick, Ben Crump, Tracie Davis, Representative Angie Nixon, Derrick Johnson from the NAACP, we’re — we had some time, before I came out, to talk with each other. And I just want to say that there is extraordinary leadership, Jennifer, and everyone else, in this state. And […]
Kamala Harris
categories: Interview, Speeches
Moderated Conversation at the NAACP Annual Convention - July 29, 2023
July 29, 2023
THE VICE PRESIDENT: Good evening, everyone. (Applause.) Good evening. MS. CAMPBELL: Hi. THE VICE PRESIDENT: Hi, General. MS. CAMPBELL: Hi, Vice President. I will tell you, I was remarking to my team that I feel like Oprah. (Laughter.) It’s — it’s an honor and a privilege to have you, of course. And — and let me get my — my questions in order. And we can start with — with so many different things. But as you crisscross the country — and, of course, you’re meeting with Americans in every […]
Kamala Harris
categories: Interview, Speeches
Meeting with State Attorneys General on the Fentanyl Public Health Crisis - July 18, 2023
July 18, 2023
Thank you, Dr. Gupta. I thank you for all the work that you are doing to lead our White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. Again, welcome to the Attorneys General of the United States. I, as you all know, was among your number — (laughter) — as Attorney General of California. And I have nothing but thanks to each of you and the folks in your office for the work you do every day. It is critically important work. It ranges, of course, from you being the — […]