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Mary Church Terrell
Speeches
President's First Address to the National Association of Colored Women - 15 Sept. 1897
September 15, 1897
First Address to Nat Asso as President. Delivered in Nashville, Tenn Sept. 15, 1897 President’s First Address, In Union there is strength is a truism that has been acted upon by Jew and Gentile, by Greek and Barbarian, by all classes and conditions alike from the creation of the universe to the present day. It did not take long for men to learn that by combining their strength, a greater amount of work could be accomplished with less effort in a shorter time. Upon this principle of union governments have […]
Kamala Harris
categories: Campaign Speech, Speeches
Liberty and Justice Dinner - Nov. 1, 2019
November 1, 2019
Good evening, Iowa! So we all know why we’re here. We’re here because this is a moment. This is a moment where we have to be prepared to fight for the best of our country. This is a moment where we need to fight for this country we love, for the rule of law, for our system of justice, and for our very democracy. So we are all here to fight. We’re all here to fight to end that national nightmare called Donald Trump. And to win, Democrats. To win. […]
Elizabeth Warren
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Liberty and Justice Dinner - Nov. 1, 2019
November 1, 2019
Hello Iowa! I’m here to talk about something that people all across Iowa and all across America know down deep in their bones: our democracy has been hijacked by the rich and the powerful. They make it work for themselves, and they leave everyone else behind. We see it every time a corporate executive threatens to cut pay and move jobs overseas. We see it every time an insurance company denies treatment and denies access to the doctors that people trust. We see it when a criminal justice system tears […]
Amy Klobuchar
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Liberty and Justice Dinner - Nov. 1, 2019
November 1, 2019
Wow! Thank you, Iowa. It is so, so wonderful to be back here with so many friends. Thank you! Thank you to my good friends, Ruth and Tom Harkin and Tom and Christie Vilsack. It is great to see you. As you all know, I can see Iowa from my porch. And we are going to win big in this state in November. We are going to build a blue wall around Iowa and Ohio - all those states that Donald Trump won in 2016. Iowa, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, and […]
Tulsi Gabbard
categories: Campaign Speech, Speeches
Justice for All - Oct. 26, 2019
October 26, 2019
The issue we are gathered here to talk about is so important and impacts all of us. For so long, we have heard politicians paying lip service to the issue of criminal justice reform, it is a familiar talking point, but what is actually done about it. There’s no real action, no real serious changes being made. Instead, one generation after another continues to fall victim to a justice system that is fundamentally unjust. So we think to our pledge of allegiance that we’ve said over and over throughout our […]
Ann Coulter
Speeches
Remarks at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum – Nov. 4, 2013
November 4, 2013
JOHN PHILLIPS [KABC radio talk show host]: Good evening. COULTER: Good evening, John Phillips. So good to be here with you. PHILLIPS: Isn't it great to be in Orange County? COULTER: Better than that, I just found out Yorba Linda is the most conservative town in the most conservative county of California. [applause] If amnesty goes through, that will be Utah – the only place where Republicans can win. PHILLIPS: Now, even though it's phenomenal to be in Orange County – we love being here at the Nixon Library – […]
Ann Coulter
Speeches
Address at CPAC 2013 – March 16, 2013
March 16, 2013
Thank you. As some of you know, due to the turmoil in North Korea, our regularly scheduled speaker, Ambassador Dennis Rodman, will not be here, so I'm filling in. I'm Ann Coulter, the author of nine massive New York Times bestsellers. Boy, the sequester has really ruined everything, hasn't it? Little kids can't go on White House tours, Muslim Brotherhood has been deprived of 250 million – oh no, that's safe, that's fine. Even CPAC had to cut back on its speakers this year by about 300 pounds. After all […]
Mary Church Terrell
Speeches
Introducing Ida B. Wells to Deliver an Address on Lynching - ca. 1893
January 1, 1893
Introducing Ida Wells Barnett – To deliver an address on lynching – ca. 1893 Mr. Chauncy M. Depew in his oration delivered at the dedicatory exercises of the World’s Fair a few days ago said, “The United States is a christian country and a living and practical christianity is characteristic of its people.” In his conviction that this is a christian country, that a living and practical christianity is characteristic of its people we naturally conclude that Mr. Depew along with other truthful, law-abiding citizens of this great commonwealth is […]
Ann Coulter
Speeches
Address at CPAC 2012 - February 10, 2012
February 10, 2012
Greetings, one-percenters, and welcome to Occupy the Marriott. Did you know that Michael Moore is only one person and yet he controls 33% of the world's cholesterol? The system is broken, I tell you, my friends. Now I know what some of you are thinking. "Hey aren't you the one who wrote that smash New York Times bestseller "Demonic: How the Liberal Mobs are Endangering America"? And no sooner did it come out than demonic liberals burst out into mobs across the nation. Yes, that's me, and I'm sorry for […]
Mary Church Terrell
Speeches
Difficulties of Negroes in the United States - Nov. 2, 1905
November 2, 1905
The bolded text below is underlined in the original transcript of this speech. Difficulties of Negroes in the United States. A Word About Lynching. There are a very few cities or towns in the United States in which a colored man can live without feeling keenly that he belongs to an “inferior” and a despised race. He may be more intelligent than his white neighbors; he may possess more of this world’s goods than they, but in their estimation he is a “nigger” still, a victim of all the odium […]