Vital Speeches of the Day articles from June 2000

Vital Speeches of the Day archives from June 2000

European Unity And The United States.
June 15, 2000... THE BALKANS AND RUSSIA Ladies and gentlemen, Chancellor Schroeder, Lord Mayor Linden, President Rau, President Havel, His Majesty Juan Carlos, President Halonen, previous laureates, members of the Charlemagne Foundation, leaders of the...

Proud Of What We Do For America.
June 15, 2000... THE NATIONAL RELEVANCE OF THE FUTURE OF THE COAST GUARD If the Coast Guard were a topic on the TV game show, "Family Feud"... and Richard Dawson surveyed a hundred Americans to ask them what the Coast Guard does for a living... the...

Teaching Individual Self-Restraint.
June 15, 2000... TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR CHILDREN'S ACTIONS Thank you very much. It's very good to be back with my friends from the NRA. I'm sure there are a few Second Amendment Sisters here as well. Good work, ladies. I've said it publicly...

Outlook On The World And Canada Through The IT Industry.
June 15, 2000... INSPIRATION FOR SMALL- AND MEDIUM-SIZED INDUSTRIES Thank you Jacques, and good morning. I'm delighted to be back in Montreal and to keynote this CEFRIO conference. We're all here to talk about a revolution. The revolution is e-business,...

Worlds To Win.
June 15, 2000... TRADE AND COMMERCE Even words like "explosive" and "revolutionary" seem weak when we try to convey the depth of the changes in trade and commerce we see happening around us today. A recent survey of more than 100 medium and large...

Opportunity and Upheaval Ahead.
June 15, 2000... THE INFORMATION ECONOMY IN OVERDRIVE Thank you Ken [Way] for that thoughtful and generous introduction. Good afternoon, everyone. And to Bill Hailing, my deep appreciation for this opportunity to address The Economic Club of Detroit ...

Knowledge And Values.
June 15, 2000... THE FINANCIAL SERVICES INDUSTRY It's a pleasure to be here this morning for the dedication of your dazzling new high-tech auditorium. The American College is a good citizen in the Philadelphia-area business community and a positive force...

Press Freedom Is Your Freedom.
June 15, 2000... OUR TIRELESS STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION Ladies and Gentlemen, for the basic understanding of my presentation it is necessary that I first inform you briefly about the International Press Institute (IPI). The IPI was formed in...

Lessons From The Twentieth Century.
June 15, 2000... FREEDOM, TERROR, AND FALSEHOODS The horrors of our time have been very remarkable. The Soviet writer Vassily Grossman had some of the essentials when he wrote that "the extreme violence of the totalitarian systems proved able to crush...

Promotion Of Children's Needs.
June 15, 2000... MORAL, POLITICAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC Human development and human security are the central global concerns of this new century. These basic human needs start with the promotion of children's needs. Nowhere is their safety and well-being...

The New Geopolitics of Southeast Europe.(Madeleine Albright, Secretary of State)(Transcript)
June 1, 2000... BUILDING A SECURE INVESTMENT CLIMATE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY President Ahtisaari, High Representative Solana, Foreign Ministers Papandreou, Gem and Tarasyuk, Ambassador Hill, distinguished guests, good afternoon. I want to thank the...

Honest Communication.(Bob Woodward, author)(Transcript)
June 1, 2000... FINDING OUT WHAT REALLY HAPPENED With the permission of the people who put on this lecture series, we're going to have the first interactive Landon Lecture in its history. And by interactive, I don't mean it's not as if everyone has a...

Help Wanted: "Busineers".(Vance D. Coffman, business executive)(Transcript)
June 1, 2000... OUR ABILITY TO "OUT-INVENT" THE WORLD Good morning, and thank you, Dean Joiner, for that generous introduction. I specially appreciate that you did not use the introduction given at a recent Midwest event for the former Chairman of the...

Blind But Not Inferior To Others.(Marc Maurer, President of National Federation of the Blind)(Transcript)
June 1, 2000... BLINDNESS, QUOTAS,AND THE DISADVANTAGES OF CIVIL RIGHTS In 1959 the humorist Tom Lehrer said that the army had carried the American democratic ideal to its ultimate. Not only did the army "prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race,...

The Internet Is A Domain Of Thinking And Acting.(David Hayden, entrepreneur)(Transcript)
June 1, 2000... LEADERSHIP IN THE E-COMMERCE REVOLUTION Let me begin by saying what a privilege it is to be here. You are such an influential group... you are the thought leaders and ministers of trade and finance... to a great extent, you affect the...

Fostering Creativity.(Michael D. Eisner, motion picture industry executive)(Transcript)
June 1, 2000... IMPLEMENTATION OF A LEGISLATIVE, ECONOMIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT Thank you, Jill. Today I am not going to stand up here and promote The Walt Disney Company. I am going to resist the temptation to talk about "Who Wants To Be a...

Taiwan's March 2000 Election.(John F. Copper, author)(Transcript)
June 1, 2000... DEMOCRACY IN ACTION It may surprise some when I say that Taiwan's widely reported and in many ways very important presidential election held on March 18 did little or nothing to contribute to the country's democratization. The...

The Economics Of Care.(Sidney Taurel, business executive)(Transcript)
June 1, 2000... THE VALUE OF INNOVATION, THE COST OF IGNORANCE It's a great pleasure to be here and a real privilege to be invited. I regard the Detroit Economic Club as a national treasure. It is one of the very few arenas where issues don't have to be...

Leadership.(Mark Ernsberger, business executive)(Transcript)
June 1, 2000... IT IS NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART Good evening. Thank you for inviting me to speak to you today on the subject of leadership. When you leave today, I hope each of you will have a new understanding of how to define leadership, and perhaps a...