Remember that every government service, every offer of government-financed security, is paid for in the loss of personal freedom.
speech graduation independence
Ronald Reagan
Eureka College Commencement 1957, 1957
Throughout the world, mutual suspicions flourish in ignorance and misunderstanding. They can be dispelled only with knowledge and wisdom.
speech graduation empathy
Dwight Eisenhower
Penn State Commencement 1955, 1955
Hand and head and heart were made to work together. They must work together. They should be educated together.
speech graduation education
Dwight Eisenhower
Penn State Commencement 1955, 1955
The divisions between us are artificial and transient. Our common humanity is God-made and enduring.
speech graduation empathy
Dwight Eisenhower
Penn State Commencement 1955, 1955
If the women of the world really make their influence felt, war will surely be outlawed and stay outlawed.
speech graduation leadership
Henry A. Wallace
Connecticut College Commencement 1943, 1943
We must make the dead live. We must make them live in the world's commencement of abiding peace based on justice and charity.
speech graduation legacy
Henry A. Wallace
Connecticut College Commencement 1943, 1943
Those who work for a great cause receive comforting satisfaction in the knowledge that they will leave the world better than they found it.
speech graduation purpose
Carrie Chapman Catt
Sweet Briar College Commencement 1936, 1936
Character is always known. Thefts never enrich; alms never impoverish; murder will speak out of stone walls.
speech graduation authenticity
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Harvard Divinity School Address 1838, 1838
Go alone; refuse the good models, even those which are sacred in the imagination of men, and dare to love God without mediator or veil.
speech graduation independence
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Harvard Divinity School Address 1838, 1838
To be your own person, you need good friends. Friends are the treasure of your life. They may turn out to be your real family.
speech graduation relationships
Garrison Keillor
Commencement Address, 0