Was the greatest nation in history because our people believed into things. That tomorrow could be better than today, and that everyone has a perfect personal responsibility to work to that end. For your Public Service as general,s attorney governor, and former president of the united states, for your continued philanthropic work across the globe with the the collegedation, on nurse your achievements. We thank you for your optimistic vision and for always reminding america to never stop thinking about tomorrow. Therefore, it is my distinct pleasure by the authority of the board of trustees, to bestow on William Jefferson clinton this ,egree, dr. Of humane letters together with all the privileges and obligations thereto pertaining. Congratulations, mr. President. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, to deliver our commencement address, 42nd president William Jefferson clinton. [applause] president clinton president gearan, mary, your wonderful daughters, i thank you for bringing me here the
Human letters. [applause] William Jefferson clinton, 42nd president of the united states, born in the aptly named city of hope, arkansas, to a recently widowed mother and raised by a caring grandfather with a high school education. Inspired to Public Service as a teenager by president john f. Kennedy, and taught by his own College Professor that america was the greatest nation in history because our people believed in two things that tomorrow could be better than today, and that everyone has a personal responsibility to work to that end. For your Public Service as arkansass attorney general, president and the 42nd of united states, for your continued philanthropic work across the globe with the clinton foundation, hobart and William Smith colleges honors your Public Service and achievements. And we thank you for your optimistic vision and for always reminding america to never stop thinking about tomorrow. [laughter] therefore, it is my distinct pleasure, by the authority of the board o
Human letters. [applause] William Jefferson clinton, 42nd president of the united states, born in the aptly named city of hope, arkansas, to a recently widowed mother and raised by a caring grandfather with a high school education. Inspired to Public Service as a teenager by president john f. Kennedy, and taught by his own College Professor that america was the greatest nation in history because our people believed in two things that tomorrow could be better than today, and that everyone has a personal responsibility to work to that end. For your Public Service as arkansass attorney general, president and the 42nd of united states, for your continued philanthropic work across the globe with the clinton foundation, hobart and William Smith colleges honors your Public Service and achievements. And we thank you for your optimistic vision and for always reminding america to never stop thinking about tomorrow. [laughter] therefore, it is my distinct pleasure, by the authority of the board o
To thank you all for inviting me to be a part of this day of history in your lives, i want to thank you for allowing me to be a small part of this extraordinary community. I want to congratulate the graduates, and i want to thank everyone who helped to make this possible and when i say everyone, it took so many people to make this day possible. I want to thank the parents and the grandparents, and the family members. I want to thank everyone from the incredible president and astounding provost, all the way up to those people who cleaned floors and manicured lawns and served food to contribute to this community. And so i confessed to you, when i was graduating from college, i felt like i knew a lot and now that im about twice your age, im not as confident in what i know. In fact, i am a person who believes i am in struggle, as we all are. The beautiful thing that ive realized is that were all in this struggle together. We perceive that there are differences between us, gaps and gulfs, b
At 7 00 a. M. Wednesday morning. Join the discussion. Over the next two hours on cspan, commencement addresses from around the country with cory booker, mike pence, illinois senator Tammy Duckworth, former president till clinton, former senator kelly ayotte, and the chair of the joint chiefs of staff general just of dunford. We start with senator booker, who spoke to graduates at the Commencement Ceremony at the university of pennsylvania in philadelphia. Sen. Booker thank you very much. It is incredible to be here and i want to thank you all for inviting me to be a part of this day of history in your lives. Allowing thank you for me to be a small part of this extraordinary community. I want to congratulate the graduates and they want to thank everyone who helped to make this possible. So many helped to make this day possible. I want to thank the parents and the grandparents in the family members. I want to thank everyone, from the incredible president and the founding provost come all