KENNEDY, Caroline

CAROLINE KENNEDY – Author Quotes

Citation

“As much as we need a prosperous economy, we also need a prosperity of kindness and decency.”

~Caroline Kennedy, American author & diplomat

Democratic National Convention Speech (15 August 2000) Staples Center, Los Angeles, California; Transcript & audio via “Remarks of Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg Democratic National Convention”, NPR Online, Election 2000, NPR Online, www.npr.org; Video online via “2000 Democratic Convention Day 2, Evening” (15 August 2000) C-SPAN, www.c-span.org (quote can be heard at approximately 2:18:00).

Context

Extended excerpt [Address to Democratic National Convention during the 2000 election cycle. Vice President Al Gore was the Democrat’s nominee for U.S. President]:

“Now, it is our turn to prove that the New Frontier was not a place in time

…but a timeless call.

Now, we are the New Frontier.

And now, when many of us are doing so well, it is time once again to ask more of ourselves.

As much as we need a prosperous economy, we also need a prosperity of kindness and decency.”

Source Link

Source link [Transcript]: “Remarks of Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg Democratic National Convention Tuesday, August 15, 2000” (15 August 2000) online via NPR: http://www.npr.org/news/national/election2000/demconvention/speech.ckennedy.html

Source link [Video]: “2000 Democratic Convention Day 2, Evening” (15 August 2000) online via C-SPAN: https://www.c-span.org/video/?158806-2/2000-democratic-convention-day-2-evening

Resources

Learn more about Caroline Kennedy | Here are a few good places to start –

‘Caroline Kennedy, U.S. Ambassador to Japan 2013-2017’ |S. Department of State biography page; online via WayBack Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20181010222053/https://japan2.usembassy.gov/e/amb/tamb-bio-kennedy.html
‘Ambassador Kennedy Farewell Message / ケネディ大使から日本の皆さんへ御礼のメッセージ’ (15 January 2017) US Embassy Tokyo & Consulates in Japan – Video Kennedy’s farewell, after serving as U.S. Ambassador to Japan for the Obama administration (video – 3:51); via US Embassy Tokyo & YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPcI7txv6V0&feature – Transcript also saved via Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20181010222552/https://jp.usembassy.gov/our-relationship/our-ambassador/ambassador-kennedy-farewell-message/
‘Caroline Kennedy’|C-SPAN Video Library directory to 30+ videos of Kennedy appearances, interviews, and speech recordings: https://www.c-span.org/person/?carolinekennedyschlossberg
‘Caroline Kennedy’|Hyperion Books publishing page – Brief bio and links to books by the author: www.hyperionbooks.com/bio/caroline-kennedy/
‘Caroline Kennedy, Honorary President’ – Brief biography from John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum: www.jfklibrary.org/About-Us/JFK-Library-Foundation/Board-of-Directors/Caroline-Kennedy.aspx
‘Caroline Kennedy, an Ambassador Whose Role Transcended the Embassy’ (11 January 2017) New York Times review of Kennedy’s time as U.S. Ambassador to Japan, by Motoko Rich: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/11/world/asia/caroline-kennedy-japan-ambassador.html?_r=0
‘Courage, Strength and Dignity: A Conversation with Caroline Kennedy’ (4 September 2011) Parade Magazine interview by Dotson Rader: https://parade.com/118885/dotsonrader/caroline-kennedy/
‘Caroline Kennedy speaks about the JFK legacy’ (24 May 2017) CNN – Caroline Kennedy discusses her father, American President John F. Kennedy, on the 100th Anniversary of his birth (video – 10:03) online via CNN & YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eRqWR4c42I

Image link: KENNEDY, Caroline (2013) U.S. State Department; U.S. Ambassador to Japan (since 2013), official portrait; Public domain, posted 19 Nov. 2013 Wikimedia: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Caroline_Kennedy_US_State_Dept_photo.jpg [Repeat Right edit – background]

KENNEDY, Caroline

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