My generation experimented with flomax,lthough between viagra, now we do. [applause] [laughter] i did have some pretty creative classmates back then. E. , of my good friends in j. I will set it right for you guys right now. One of my friends had at least two harebrained ideas. Start up was a little built on the notion that if people had a choice, they would pay more to mail a package and have it arrive the very next day. Crazy, right . Today, that startup is called fedex and by the way, it was thated in j. E which means j. E. Rules. [cheering] the other nutty idea was to restart something called the yale flying club. Admittedly, this was more of a scheme to get us out of class and off campus. I basically spent my senior year majoring in flying, practicing takeoffs and landings at an airport. Responsible . No, but i would not have missed it. One of the best lessons i learned here is that mark twain was absolutely right. Never let school get in the way of an education. , did not know wha
She is the youngest person ever to hold the post of u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. This is 20 minutes. [applause] president sullivan, trustees, parents, andni, especially the incredible members of the class of 2014, good morning and hallelujah. [applause] honored to be among you to share the stage with my fellow honorees. Such generous and brilliant trailblazers. I am truly humbled to be among them and to share this glorious day with you, my new classmates. Today is a day of celebration. Round get another rousing of applause for the parents and step parents who not only made this day possible, but made you possible . [applause] and i have to give another shout out to my dear friend and former roommate and the greatest mayor that burlington has ever known, merle weinberger. [applause] i would also like to congratulate the entire University Community as you have successfully completed your jupiter 13th year 213th year. Old as is you about as feel after nine months of arguing with russia a
It. Remember what Nelson Mandela said when confronted by pessimism and the long march to freedom. It always seems impossible until it is done. Thing i know for sure these and other felt needs will we,r be addressed if you, fall victim to be slow suffocation of conventional wisdom. On tuesday, i sat in the state department with some young Foreign Service officers. One of thats something to me that i have been thinking about all week. He was not much older than any of you. Said, we have come from an area where our lives and hierarchies to an era where powerless and networks. Now were wrestling with the fact that those hierarchies are unsettled by the new power. Every one of you and your parents have mobile devices here today. They represent more than your ability to put a picture on facebook or instagram. They are one of the powerful new makesments of change that hierarchies uncomfortable, because you cant communicate with everybody, anywhere, all the time. That is how you beat conventio
We cannot allow a hangover from the excessive interventionism of the last decade to lead to an excess of isolationism in this decade. , mosttell you for certain of the rest of the world does not lie awake at night, worrying about america prosperous and spirit of they worry about what would happen in our americas presence. They worry about what would happen in our absence. Never forget that what makes america different from other nations is not a common bloodline were a common religion or ideology or common heritage. What makes us different is that we are united by an uncommon idea that we are all created equal and all in doubt with inalienable rights. America is not just a country like other countries. , and we, all idea of us, you, get to fill it out over time. President when the grants you those diplomas, listen to what he says. He wont say what is said at most schools. That your degree admits you to all its rights and privileges. Say, your degree admits you to all its rights and res