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President Bush Discusses Housing, Economy THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. I really want to thank Congressman Chris Smith and Vito Fossella for joining me here in Freehold, New Jersey. I’m here at a company called Novadebt, and I really appreciate Joel Greenberg and Jill Feldman for giving me an opportunity to come to this center, this company, and talk with peopl...
Newton N. Minow Television and the Public Interest delivered 9 May 1961, National Association of Broadcasters, Washington, DC Governor Collins, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen. Governor Collins you’re much too kind, as all of you have been to me the last few days. It’s been a great pleasure and an honor for me to meet so many of you. And I want to tha...
Barbara Pierce Bush Commencement Address at Wellesley College Thank you very, very much, President Keohane. Mrs. Gorbachev, Trustees, faculty, parents, and I should say, Julia Porter, class president, and certainly my new best friend, Christine Bicknell — and, of course, the Class of 1990. I am really thrilled to be here today, and very excited, as I know all of you mu...
THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. At the stroke of midnight tonight, a vital intelligence law that is helping protect our nation will expire. Congress had the power to prevent this from happening, but chose not to. The Senate passed a good bill that would have given our intelligence professionals the tools they need to keep us safe. But leaders in the House of Representatives blo...
Edward M. Kennedy Faith, Truth and Tolerance in America Thank you very much Professor Kombay for that generous introduction. And let me say, that I never expected to hear such kind words from Dr. Falwell. So in return, I have an invitation of my own. On January 20th, 1985, I hope Dr. Falwell will say a prayer at the inauguration of the next Democratic President of the Unite...
President Bush Discusses FISA THE PRESIDENT: Last month House leaders declared that they needed 21 additional days to pass legislation giving our intelligence professionals the tools they need to protect America. That deadline passed last Saturday without any action from the House. This week House leaders are finally bringing legislation to the floor. Unfortunately, inst...
President Bush Meets with U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Discusses Trade THE PRESIDENT: Gracias. Thank you. Siéntese. Gracias mi amigo, David. Thank you for having me back yet again to speak. This is an opportunity de practicar mi Español — (laughter) — of course, a lot of people say I ought to be spending more time practicing my English. (Laughter.)...
PRESIDENT BUSH: I have just had a very constructive and important dialogue with the United Nations Envoy to Afghanistan. Mr. Ambassador, thank you so very much for coming to the Oval Office, and thank you so much for serving the cause of peace. You’ve been given a very difficult job, which is to help coordinate world — the world’s efforts to help this you...
President Bush Visits ColorCraft of Virginia, Inc., Discusses Stimulus Package, Economy THE PRESIDENT: Jim, thank you very much for your hospitality. Thank you all very much for greeting me here. ColorCraft is a small, thriving business that will benefit from the stimulus package that the Congress passed earlier this year. It will benefit from it because if they make ...
THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. One of the most important jobs of any President is to find good men and women to lead government agencies, preside over our courts, and provide vital services to the American people. So I have nominated talented individuals for these positions. Unfortunately, the Senate is not meeting its responsibility to consider these nominees in a timely mann...
Vice-Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech Geraldine Ferraro Vice Presidential Nomination Acceptance Address Ladies and gentlemen of the convention: My name is Geraldine Ferraro. I stand before you to proclaim tonight: America is the land where dreams can come true for all of us. As I stand before the American people and think of the honor this great convention has best...
THE PRESIDENT: It is my honor to welcome the U.S.-Brazil CEO Forum here to Washington. First of all, I want to thank my friend, President Lula, for encouraging this forum to go forward. It’s an indication of the importance that we both place on our bilateral relations. Brazil is a very powerful, very important country in our neighborhood, and it’s really importan...
William Jennings Bryan Imperialism Mr. Chairman and Members of the Notification Committee: I shall, at an early day, and in a more formal manner, accept the nomination which you tender, and shall at that time discuss the various questions covered by the Democratic platform. It may not be out of place, however, to submit a few observations at this time upon the general charac...
President Bush Presents Medal of Honor to Private First Class Ross Andrew McGinnis THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Welcome to the White House. A week ago on Memorial Day, the flag of the United States flew in half-staff in tribute to those who fell in service to our country. Today we pay special homage to one of those heroes: Private First Class Ross Andrew McGinnis of the U.S....
President Bush Discusses Economy and Tax Cuts THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all for coming. I want to thank Dr. Lindsey and Bob Carroll, and John and Marty — thank you all for talking about the benefits and wisdom of keeping taxes low. I do want to remind people what life was like in the years 2001 and 2003. The country was having some pretty tough economic times in 2001. L...
*Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.* Tonight, we pause and give praise and honor to God for being good enough to allow us to be at this place at this time. When I look out at this convention, I see the face of America: Red, Yellow, Brown, Black and White. We are all precious in God’s sight — the real rainbow coalition. All of us — all of us who are here think...
Richard M. Nixon Cambodian Incursion Address delivered 30 April 1970 from Washington, DC Good evening, my fellow Americans. Ten days ago, in my report to the nation on Vietnam, I announced the decision to withdraw an additional 150,000 Americans from Vietnam over the next year. I said then that I was making that decision despite our concern over increased enemy activity i...
Malcolm X Message To The Grass Roots delivered on 10 Nov, 1963 in Detroit, MI …And during the few moments that we have left, we want to have just an off-the-cuff chat between you and me — us. We want to talk right down to earth in a language that everybody here can easily understand. We all agree tonight, all of the speakers have agreed, that America has a very ...
President’s Radio Address THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Today is my daughter Jenna’s wedding day. This is a joyous occasion for our family, as we celebrate the happy life ahead of her and her husband Henry. It’s also a special time for Laura, who this Mother’s Day weekend will watch a young woman we raised together walk down the aisle. Mother’...
President Bush Meets with Afghanistan Provincial Governors THE PRESIDENT: I just had a fascinating opportunity to discuss Afghanistan with eight governors. I started off the meeting by telling them I was a governor once. And I — and they were then telling me their stories, their concerns. First of all, they universally thanked the American people for standing with th...