"Now, I know that it is fashionable in commencement speeches to be idealistic, and that may sound so, but at the root of my conviction is a strong sense of reality. Because you see, I don’t think we have a choice. We can sit on the sidelines, we can wring our hands, we can retreat into cynicism, and we know what the results will be: We will cede the field to those whose ideologies are absolutely anathema to people of conscience and faith all over the world. So our positive interdependence, which is a fact, will prepare us to meet these challenges. But they can no longer be seen just as government-to-government. There is a time and an opportunity, and with the new technologies available, for us to be citizen diplomats, citizen activists, to solve problems one by one that will give in to hard work, patience, and persistence, and will then aggregate to the solutions we seek."
"Some of us are becoming the men we wanted to marry." -Gloria Steinem
"Let us resolve and work toward achieving some very simple propositions: there are no acceptable limits and there are no acceptable prejudices in the twenty-first century." -Hillary Rodham Clinton
"Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform. " -Susan B. Anthony
"show me someone not full of herself and i'll show you a hungry person" -Nikki Giovanni
Love Hillary, she's truly one of the most brilliant women in politics right now. Thank you so much for linking the transcript and video!
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