Instrumental in developing the program for her visit and for tonight speak it. So thank you, molly. [applause] i also want to thank all of my colleagues for the work on this forum and on some other events throughout the year. Id like to acknowledge what the dozen cosponsors of tonight event. There are too many to name individually but but i still wo recognize them. Its gratifying so Many Organizations from across the university joined us to support this event. It demonstrates the concern and commitment of so many students, faculty and staff for the issues will discuss with two nights guessed it where to stand these are challenging topics that touch on difficult, personal experiences. I want to encourage you to support each other and to seek support from offices like care and others at tufts are well prepared and committed to dealing with these issues. As you saw in introductory video were celebrating our 20th anniversary. That in 2000 purpose of dancing top university. Our mission then
Been given so much . And from that spirit you will join the legions of optimists and idealist who are working toward a better future. What better place to draw on that spirit than here in colonial williamsburg, where a College Educated individual like Thomas Marshall John Marshall based on equality and justice and rule of law, their Political Institutions did not always live up to the grand aspirations expressed in their great documents. They and their endeavors were imperfect as are all human beings. They stumbled, sometimes they failed. But they kept going. And they left a legacy that allowed future generations descendents of the free, and descendents of slaves, to pick up the torch and walked toward the goal of we the people , making it a more inclusive concept. You now leave that very college, william and mary to join the ranks of the most privileged community, the community of the educated. It is a class you may never quit and from which you may never be expelled. But remember tha
But we must also realize that, that for all our power, we can rarely succeed by simply going it alone. If we want the world to heed our views and follow our lead, we must listen to the concerns of others. We must listen confidently to rising powers such as china, who want to have a greater say in global governance, as we push them to abide by the same rules that we ourselves uphold. We must listen to scientists who say Global Warming is a real and grave threat to our future, [applause] secretary albright scientists who believe that conservation is a National Security imperative not a fourletter word. And we must listen to those who argue that globalization should not lead to marginalization of the worlds poor. I have traveled almost everywhere, and i have found that there are essentially three categories of countries in the world today. In the first, people work all day and still dont have enough to eat. In the second, families are able to scrape together just enough food to meet their
Leadership in support of peace in defense of liberty, and to further justice. But we must also realize that, that for all our power, we can rarely succeed by simply going it alone. If we want the world to heed our views and follow our lead, we must listen to the concerns of others. We must listen confidently to rising powers such as china, who want to have a greater say in global governance, as we push them to abide by the same rules that we ourselves uphold. We must listen to scientists who say Global Warming is a real and grave threat to our future [applause] secretary albright scientists who believe that conservation is a National Security imperative not a fourletter word. And we must listen to those who argue that globalization should not lead to marginalization of the worlds poor. I have traveled almost everywhere, and i have found that there are essentially three categories of countries in the world today. In the first, people work all day and still dont have enough to eat. In th
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