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Jane Goodall
Speeches
UN Messenger of Peace on International Day of Peace - Sept. 15, 2017
September 15, 2017
Well, good morning, everybody, thank you for the introduction. As I only have a few minutes, I haven’t tried to make a formal speech—I’ve tried to put down some points which I feel are important on this Day of Peace. I think it’s more important than ever in the world we live in today that we have a vision of what it would be like to live in a peaceful world—the kind of world we all want—and then to see what we as individuals can do to try and bring […]
Severn Cullis-Suzuki
categories: Keynote Address, Speeches
Speech to the UN Earth Summit in Rio - Jun. 14, 1992
June 14, 1992
Hello, I’m Severn Suzuki speaking for “ECO” — the Environmental Children’s Organization. We are a group of 12 and 13-year-olds trying to make a difference: Vanessa Suttie, Morgan Geisler, Michelle Quigg, and me. We’ve raised all the money to come here ourselves — to come 5,000 miles to tell you adults you must change your ways. Coming up here today, I have no hidden agenda. I am fighting for my future. Losing my future is not like losing an election, or a few points on the stock market. I am […]
Jody Williams
categories: Acceptance Speech, Speeches
Nobel Prize Peace Prize Acceptance Speech – Dec. 10, 1997
December 10, 1997
Your Majesties, Honorable Members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Excellencies and Honored Guests, It is a privilege to be here today, together with other representatives of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, to receive jointly the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize. Our appreciation goes to those who nominated us and to the Nobel Committee for choosing this year to recognize, from among so many other nominees who have worked diligently for peace, the work of the International Campaign. I am deeply honored – but whatever personal recognition derives from this award, […]
Narges Mohammadi
categories: Acceptance Speech, Speeches
Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech - Dec. 10, 2023
December 10, 2023
This Nobel Peace Prize lecture by 2023 laureate Narges Mohammadi was delivered by her children, Ali and Kiana Rahmani, on behalf of their mother, who was imprisoned. Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Excellencies, Members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Ladies and Gentlemen, I express my gratitude to the honorable members of the Nobel Peace Prize Committee for awarding the prestigious and honorable Nobel Peace Prize to the glorious movement of Women, Life, Freedom and to a woman, a human rights defender, and a democracy advocate, who is imprisoned. Your meaningful […]
Tawakkol Karman
categories: Acceptance Speech, Speeches
Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech – Dec. 10, 2011
December 10, 2011
In the name of God the Compassionate the Merciful! Your Majesties, Highnesses, Excellencies, Distinguished Committee of the Nobel Peace Prize, Arab spring and revolution youth in the arena of freedom and change, and all free people of the world, Peace upon you from the Nobel Peace rostrum. With joy and pleasure I would like to express my gratitude for the honour I was given together with my peace fighter colleagues, Her Excellency the President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and Mrs. Leymah Gbowee, for this international award, which carries great moral and human […]
Nadia Murad
Speeches
Speech to the United Nations Security Council - Dec. 16, 2015
December 16, 2015
Ms. Taha (spoke in Arabic): I would like to thank the delegation of the United States for having convened this meeting and for having invited me to speak to the Council. It is with great sadness, gratitude and hope that I address the Security Council. As a Yazidi survivor, I am a descendant of one of the world's oldest religions, which is today threatened with extinction. I am here to talk about the practices against us by what is called the Islamic State/Daesh — trafficking in persons, sexual enslavement of […]
Naomi Bowman Talbert Anderson
Speeches
A Colored Woman’s Voice – Feb. 11, 1869
February 11, 1869
Speech at the National Woman’s Suffrage Association Convention in Chicago Illinois I present myself to you as a composition of humanity, for there flows through my veins a combination of the blood of four distinct nations, of which the greater part is Dutch, part Indian, part African and the lesser part Irish. I am an American because I was born here. I am true because I love the dear old flag. I am on the right side of the question, because I believe woman was made a helpmate for man; […]
Debbie A Stabenow
categories: Commencement/Baccalaureate/Convocation Address, Speeches
Albion College Commencement Address - May 3, 2025
May 3, 2025
Well, good afternoon! It's so exciting to be here and I'm very honored to receive this degree and most importantly to have an opportunity to be here with the class of 2025. You did it! Congratulations! And congratulations to your family and friends who are all here to share the celebration as well. No one gets to this day on their own and I know that today's graduates are so thankful for all of you, for your patience and your love and your support. And I know that all the […]
Tina Smith
categories: Commencement/Baccalaureate/Convocation Address, Speeches
Hamline University Commencement Address – May 17, 2025
May 17, 2025
Well, good morning, Pipers. Good morning. Good morning and hello class of 2025. So thank you so much for inviting me to be a part of this beautiful ceremony. I want to thank interim President Murray and the Board of Trustees. And I start by offering my heartfelt congratulations, congratulations of course to you, the class of 2025. You made it. Also though, I want to offer congratulations to the faculty and administrators and staff of Hamline who made this special day possible. And congratulations to the family and friends […]
Theresa May
Speeches
Speech on Standards in Public Life - Feb. 6, 2018
February 6, 2018
May gave this speech to mark the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage in Great Britain. One hundred years ago today British democracy was transformed. With the passage of the Representation of the People Act on 6 February 1918, most women aged over 30 and the 40% of men who did not own property gained the right to vote in Parliamentary elections for the first time, and with it, a say in making the laws of the land. It was a great expansion of democratic participation – tripling the size of […]