Pete du Pont Speeches

Although it doesn't seem so long ago as I stand here this evening, it has been fully five years since many of you in this room and others approached me to leave the Congress of the United States and to take on the challenge of becoming your Governor. Many of you, and many Delawareans in 1975 were concerned about the future of our State; indeed, you had reason to be concerned...

Tonite, I hope to put things in a little bit of perspective for you, so you can judge just where we are in terms of jobs, economic development, and a healthy business climate. We have come a long, long way in the last couple of years. I would say we have equally as far to go...

When I announced by Executive Order on September 25, 1979, the creation of an Affirmative Action plan for state government, I set forth in that order many specific statements of goals, objectives, and tasks that were to be accomplished and performed to assure equal opportunity in hiring and promotion...

Back in 1978, a top official of the U.S. energy department took exception to the oft-voiced complaint that the United States has no coherent energy policy. On the contrary, he replied, the country did, in fact, have such a policy. It was a policy which encouraged consumption and discouraged production ...

Whenever I receive information about your organization, I am impressed by what I hear. Not only am I impressed by your achievements, but I am impressed by the element of competition built into your programs as a key element in learning and mastering job skills...

It is a pleasure to be with you today and it is an honor to be able to address such a distinguished group of Americans, who chose a course of action in 1977 which has brought the Republican Party to the verge of recapturing the White House and perhaps the Halls of Congress...