Hillary Clinton

Sparkly

(24,769 posts) Sat Jun 11, 2016, 12:10 AM Jun 2016

Not to be missed: WONDERFUL editorial in WaPo

47 years ago, Hillary Clinton’s practice nomination speech
By Alyssa Rosenberg June 10 at 6:57 PM

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/47-years-ago-hillary-clintons-practice-nomination-speech/2016/06/10/45bae32c-2f0b-11e6-9de3-6e6e7a14000c_story.html?hpid=hp_no-name_opinion-card-b%3Ahomepage%2Fstory

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Not to be missed: WONDERFUL editorial in WaPo (Original Post) Sparkly Jun 2016 OP

Thank you, Sparkly! Cha Jun 2016 #1

Hillary Clinton’s 1969 commencement speech ProudProgressiveNow Jun 2016 #2

WOW!! Sparkly Jun 2016 #3

"Fear is always with us, but we just don't have time for that, not now." SunSeeker Jun 2016 #4

That cuts out the end: "We have no need of false revolutions" Rose Siding Jun 2016 #8

Love it. "The art of making possible." SunSeeker Jun 2016 #10

KnR Hekate Jun 2016 #5

Excellent article, Sparkly! BlueMTexpat Jun 2016 #6

Stirring and inspiring,...she's got here on her own terms, surmounting and Surya Gayatri Jun 2016 #7

Thanks, Sparkly! NastyRiffraff Jun 2016 #9

Cha

(315,369 posts)

1. Thank you, Sparkly!

Reply to Sparkly (Original post)

Sat Jun 11, 2016, 01:00 AM

Jun 2016

ProudProgressiveNow

(6,166 posts)

2. Hillary Clinton’s 1969 commencement speech

Reply to Sparkly (Original post)

Sat Jun 11, 2016, 01:13 AM

Jun 2016

Sparkly

(24,769 posts)

3. WOW!!

Reply to ProudProgressiveNow (Reply #2)

Sat Jun 11, 2016, 01:19 AM

Jun 2016

Thank you for posting that!!!

SunSeeker

(57,068 posts)

4. "Fear is always with us, but we just don't have time for that, not now."

Reply to ProudProgressiveNow (Reply #2)

Sat Jun 11, 2016, 01:45 AM

Jun 2016

True courage is not acting without fear, but acting despite fear.

Hillary is an incredibly couragous person.

Thank so much for posting that video.

Rose Siding

(32,627 posts)

8. That cuts out the end: "We have no need of false revolutions"

Reply to ProudProgressiveNow (Reply #2)

Sat Jun 11, 2016, 09:10 AM

Jun 2016

The poem with which she closed, in part-

We have no need of false revolutions
In a world where categories tend to tyrannize our minds
And hang our wills up on narrow pegs.
It is well at every given moment to seek the limits in our lives.
And once those limits are understood
To understand that limitations no longer exist.
Earth could be fair. And you and I must be free
Not to save the world in a glorious crusade
Not to kill ourselves with a nameless gnawing pain
But to practice with all the skill of our being
The art of making possible.

Thanks.

http://www.wellesley.edu/events/commencement/archives/1969commencement/studentspeech

SunSeeker

(57,068 posts)

10. Love it. "The art of making possible."

Reply to Rose Siding (Reply #8)

Sat Jun 11, 2016, 04:27 PM

Jun 2016

Hekate

(100,008 posts)

5. KnR

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Sat Jun 11, 2016, 02:32 AM

Jun 2016

BlueMTexpat

(15,638 posts)

6. Excellent article, Sparkly!

Reply to Sparkly (Original post)

Sat Jun 11, 2016, 05:44 AM

Jun 2016

Thanks for posting. I love the commencement speech video too!

Surya Gayatri

(15,445 posts)

7. Stirring and inspiring,...she's got here on her own terms, surmounting and

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Sat Jun 11, 2016, 06:33 AM

Jun 2016

sidestepping the myriad barriers placed in her path, belying accusations of "displaced ambition".

She will be an admirable President.

Thank you for finding and sharing, Sparkly.

NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)

9. Thanks, Sparkly!

Reply to Sparkly (Original post)

Sat Jun 11, 2016, 11:03 AM

Jun 2016

It was indeed wonderful, and a surprise coming from WaPo!

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