Teresa Heinz - Albert Schweitzer Award - Speech

[sandnsea]

http://www.johnkerry.com/news/speeches/spc_2003_0923.html

Great speech from a great lady.

"This is a country built on diversity—on a coming together of different people from different lands at different times. In so many places around the world diversity is seen as a source of weakness and division, but here it has been our intrinsic strength. Every time we have opened the doors of opportunity to African-Americans, Hispanics, Asians, women, the handicapped, religious minorities and others, we have grown stronger. And always what has made that work is the potent combination of three simple traits: respect, selflessness and connectedness. Or, to put it more simply, open hearts and open minds."

"Today, America is like those trees. We are the colossus of the forest, but we are still fed by the interplay of a community of nations and peoples with that of our own. In this era of global everything—global economies, markets, media and culture—the networks of connection that bind us together in a shared destiny span the entire globe.

Embracing that reality is the defining challenge of this generation. It may be engaged, at times, on the field of battle, but ultimately it will be won or lost on the field of ideas—the ideas that guide us and that we embody through our actions as individuals and as a nation. We will win it only by creating a world where differences in race and culture and religion are accepted, where the environment is protected, where human rights are valued, and where individuals can live in dignity and to the utmost of their abilities."

[sandnsea]

1. This is a damn shame

This is a wonderful speech and it's disgusting that people are so wrapped up in their political pettiness that they won't even read it and recognize the work of this wonderful human being.

[bigtree]

2. She is an interesting and remarkable woman

The Heinz foundation is responsible for a great deal of envoronmental work and other causes.


NEW HEINZ CENTER REPORT ON DAM REMOVAL RESEARCH:
http://www.enn.com/direct/display-release.asp?objid=D1D1366D000000F7A608B53083F0F9A0

The H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment: http://www.heinzctr.org

[blm]

3. She is a dynamo on the environment

and funds many important research groups. She is a WORKHORSE, not a showhorse.

[UTUSN]

4. Kick

[phillybri]

5. Great speech, thanks for posting....

This lady has got real gusto...The right wing will HATE her.

[JI7]

6. typical teresa

as usual she does a great job and knows exactly what she is talking about. that's why john loves her so much. imagine the things they talk to each other about.