Author: Ripon Society
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Wisdom from Our 26th President – August 15, 2023
“We should do no wrong to any nation, weak or strong, and we should submit to no wrong.” Before Progressive National Convention, Chicago, August 6, 1912
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Wisdom from Our 26th President – August 8, 2023
“It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.” Address before The Hamilton Club at Chicago, Illinois, April 10, 1899
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“THE SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP”
WASHINGTON, DC — Seventy-seven years after Churchill coined the phrase, the latest Ripon Forum examines the importance of the Special Relationship between the United States and United Kingdom in an increasingly volatile world.
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Wisdom from Our 26th President – August 1, 2023
“We cannot possibly do our best work as a nation unless all of us know how to act in combination as well as how to act each individually for himself.” Remarks at the Minnesota State Fair, Minneapolis, Minnesota, September 2, 1901
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Wisdom from Our 26th President – July 25, 2023
“Be honest, and remember that honesty counts for nothing unless back of it lie courage and efficiency.” Speech at Groton School, Groton Massachusetts, May 24, 1904
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Cole talks about the Mission of the Rules Committee and the Guidance He Received from the Speaker When He Took the Job
WASHINGTON, DC – In remarks before a meeting of The Ripon Society, U.S. Rep. Tom Cole talked about his role as Chairman of the House Rules Committee & the guidance he received from Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
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Wisdom from Our 26th President – July 18, 2023
“Every man, worth being an American citizen at all, is bound, if he does his duty, to try to do his part in politics.” Outlook, December 21, 1895
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Salazar Leads the Way with Bipartisan Bill to Reform America’s Immigration System
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Rep. María Elvira Salazar (FL-27) appeared before The Ripon Society, delivering remarks about the need to reform America’s immigration system and the bipartisan legislation she has authored to achieve these goals.
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Wisdom from Our 26th President – July 11, 2023
“Free speech, exercised both individually and through a free press, is a necessity in any country where the people are themselves free.” The Kansas City Star, May 7, 1918
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Ripon Society Hosts Discussion with Team McCarthy
WASHINGTON, DC – With members of Congress back home for the July 4th District work period, The Ripon Society hosted a discussion with a group of key staff members from the office of the Speaker of the House, Kevin McCarthy.
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Wisdom from Our 26th President – June 27, 2023
“There is always a tendency to believe that a hundred small men can furnish leadership equal to that of one big man. This is not so.” Ladies’ Home Journal, May 1917
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Johnson, Joyce, and Carter Lay Out National Health Care Priorities
WASHINGTON, DC – In a discussion before The Ripon Society, three Members of Congress laid out some of the top healthcare challenges facing the American people, and how they are working to address these challenges in the coming year.