Pete du Pont Speeches

Beginning today, all of us will have to give much more thought to the role and the needs of the elderly. At this very moment, the demographic sands are shifting, people are living longer and because of improved healthcare, this trend will certainly continue...

On behalf of all Delawareans, I want to congratulate the Delaware Bar Foundation on two counts. First, the Foundation has established a most worthy mission: to foster programs and projects that will offer professional development opportunities for lawyers and will enhance the public's understanding of the legal community. More importantly, however...

How can anyone talk seriously about resolving our nation's unemployment problem when hundreds of thousands of high school graduates can't get a foot in the door of America's businesses?...

When Jack Malarkey, the very busy Bank Commissioner of Delaware, first extended your kind and generous invitation for me to come here today to speak to you, I must admit that I viewed the opportunity with some degree of concern. While it is one thing to spread the gospel of Delaware to potential clients...

As the budget battle rages, President Reagan, Congress, and the American public have focused on next year's budget deficit. While it's important that the deficit be lowered, it's more important that Congress take a less myopic view of the budget process and act in the long-term interests of national economic stability...

I would like to thank John Henry, Paul Wyche and the entire Brandywine Professionals Association for affording me the opportunity to address your group tonight. I congratulate you on forming this organization, for there is a need, a very strong need, to...