Author: Ripon Society
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April 8, 2014
“No public servant who is worth his salt should hesitate to stand by his conscience, and if necessary, to surrender his office rather than to yield his conscientious conviction in a case of any importance.” New York City October 20, 1911
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“Tone Matters.”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-5) appeared before a breakfast meeting of The Ripon Society this past Friday to discuss her role as Chair of the House GOP Conference, the approach she brings to the job, and why it is so important for Republicans to not only find the right policies to talk…
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April 1, 2014
“No man can render the highest service unless he can act in combination with his fellows, which means a certain amount of give-and-take between him and them.” An Autobiography 1913
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“When America retreats, chaos follows.”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Chairman and two members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee appeared before a breakfast meeting of The Ripon Society yesterday morning to discuss the drift in U.S. foreign policy under the Obama Administration and the chaos that is breaking out around the world as a result.
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March 25, 2014
“I am not a college freshman… and therefore I am not concerned about my ‘popularity’ save in exactly so far as it is an instrument which will help me to achieve my purposes.” Letter to Sereno S. Pratt March 1, 1906
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March 18, 2014
“Performance of international duty to others means that in international affairs, in the commonwealth of nations, we shall not only refrain from wronging the weak, but shall, according to our capacity, and as opportunity offers, stand up for the weak when the weak are wronged by the strong.” Kansas City, Missouri May 30, 1916
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“Anyone who creates themselves an island is not effective.”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – At a time when Congress is mired in gridlock and seems to be debating the same issues over and over again, The Ripon Society held a bipartisan luncheon discussion with two Members of the House who are trying to reverse that trend. The Members are Rep. Aaron Schock (IL-18) and Rep. Tulsi…
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Carlos Gutierrez Makes the Case for Immigration Reform in Speech to Ripon Society’s Annual Symposium
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a Keynote Address last Friday to a legislative symposium hosted by The Ripon Society, former U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez called on Republicans to reach agreement on a plan to reform America’s immigration system, arguing that it would not only be good for the nation economically, but good for the…
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“We need to talk about the things that we are for.”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Former Republican National Committee Chairman and Counselor to the President Ed Gillespie appeared before a legislative symposium sponsored by The Ripon Society this past Friday, delivering a Keynote Address in which he not only urged Republicans to put forward a positive agenda for the American people, but criticized Democrats for pushing an…
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March 11, 2014
“We Americans have many grave problems to solve, many threatening evils to fight, and many deeds to do, if, as we hope and believe, we have the wisdom, the strength, and the courage and the virtue to do them. But we must face the facts as they are. We must neither surrender ourselves to foolish…
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Ripon Society Hosts 2014 Legislative and Communications Directors Symposium on Leadership at Mount Vernon
WASHINGTON, DC – A group of about 200 top House Republican policy and communications aides gathered this past Friday at the historic home of our nation’s first President for The Ripon Society’s 2014 Legislative and Communications Directors Symposium on Leadership at Mount Vernon.
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March 5, 2014
“There can be no higher international duty than to safeguard the existence and independence of industrious, orderly states, with a high personal and national standard of conduct, but without the military force of the great powers.” The Outlook September 23, 1914