Speech Category: Vital Speeches

AMERICA IN AFGHANISTAN: THREE FUNDAMENTAL CONCLUSIONS

First, our nation must seek an honorable and enduring outcome worthy of the tremendous sacrifices that have been made, especially the sacrifices of lives. Second, the consequences of a rapid exit are both predictable and unacceptable. Third and finally, I concluded that the security threats we face in Afghanistan and the broader region are immense.

Address by DONALD TRUMP, President, United States of America
Delivered at Fort Myer, Arlington, Virginia, Aug. 21, 2017

LET’S TRUST EACH OTHER. LET’S RETURN TO REGULAR ORDER

I hope we can again rely on humility, on our need to cooperate, on our dependence on each other to learn how to trust each other again and by so doing better serve the people who elected us. Stop listening to the bombastic loudmouths on the radio and television and the Internet. To hell with them. They don’t want anything done for the public good. Our incapacity is their livelihood.

Address by JOHN McCAIN, U.S. Senator, Arizona
Delivered on the floor of the U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C., July 25, 2017

IT WAS NOT AN INSTINCT, IT WAS A CHOICE

When things go really, really wrong, and then when it rains on top of everything else, fingers crossed for tomorrow, I ask you to choose to keep your heads up, and come together to connect and to rally around one another, especially those who need it the most. Commencement

Address by THEO EPSTEIN, President of Baseball Operations, Chicago Cubs
Delivered at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, May 21, 2017

WE ARE NOT HERE TO LECTURE

We are not here to tell other people how to live, what to do, who to be, or how to worship. Instead, we are here to offer partnership—based on shared interests and values—to pursue a better future for us all.

Address by DONALD TRUMP, President, United States of America
Delivered to the Arab Islamic American Summit, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 21, 2017

MANAGING OIL SUPPLY IN AN UNMANAGEABLE MARKET

The oil market craves supply management. The market becomes chaotic when coordination breaks down—as it did two years and four months ago. And the chaos fosters a yearning for some mechanism to limit supply.

Address by BOB TIPPEE, Editor, Oil & Gas Journal
Delivered at Pipeline + Energy Expo, Tulsa, Oklahoma, April 5, 2017

AS BUSINESSES, WE HAVE TO DEFINE OUR ROLE MORE BROADLY

We need to collectively use our platforms, both nationally and locally, to convince businesses they must define prosperity broadly. Certainly, we need to make a profit since this is a measure of efficiency and effectiveness. But we must do more. Businesses need to help Americans find dignity through work. Businesses need to get involved in helping fix problems that threaten prosperity such as education or large government borrowings which burden future generations.

Address by TOM WILSON, Chairman and CEO, The Allstate Corporation
Delivered at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Washington, D.C., March 7, 2017

THIS IS OUR VISION. THIS IS OUR MISSION.

And when we fulfill this vision; when we celebrate our 250 years of glorious freedom, we will look back on tonight as when this new chapter of American Greatness began. The time for small thinking is over. The time for trivial fights is behind us.

Address by DONALD TRUMP, President, United States of America
Delivered to a Joint Session of the U.S. Congress, Washington, D.C., Feb. 28, 2017

AMERICA FIRST

Protection will lead to great prosperity and strength. I will fight for you with every breath in my body and I will never ever let you down. … We will bring back our jobs. We will bring back our borders. We will bring back our wealth. And we will bring back our dreams.

Inaugural address by DONALD TRUMP, President, United States of America
Delivered at the U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C., Jan. 20, 2017

SETTLEMENTS ARE NOT THE CAUSE OF THE CONFLICT, BUT NO ONE CAN IGNORE THE THREAT THEY POSE TO PEACE

If there is only one state, you would have millions of Palestinians permanently living in segregated enclaves in the middle of the West Bank, with no real political rights, separate legal, education and transportation systems, vast income disparities, under a permanent military occupation that deprives of them of the most basic freedoms. Separate and unequal is what you would have. And nobody can explain how that works. Would an Israeli accept living that way? Would an American? Will the world accept it?

Address by JOHN KERRY, Secretary of State, United States of America
Delivered at the Dean Acheson Auditorium, Washington, D.C., Dec. 28, 2016

THE FORGOTTEN MEN AND WOMEN OF OUR COUNTRY WILL BE FORGOTTEN NO LONGER

Ours was not a campaign but rather an incredible and great movement, made up of millions of hard-working men and women who love their country and want a better, brighter future for themselves and for their family. It is a movement comprised of Americans from all races, religions, backgrounds, and beliefs, who want and expect our government to serve the people—and serve the people it will.

Address by DONALD TRUMP, President-Elect, United States
Delivered as victory speech, New York City, Nov. 9, 2016