A commencement is a time of joy. It is also a time of melancholy. But then again, so is life.

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That sense of sacredness, that thinking in generations, must begin with reverence for this earth.

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Let's try winning and see what it feels like. If we don't like it, we can go back to our traditions.

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My father's generation gave to my generation a land of wealth and purpose and world economic dominance.

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I want to deploy the leadership to meet the challenges that face us and to restore America's greatness.

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America is the sum of all our journeys as we search for our national community and our national culture.

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Journey with me to a true commitment to our environment. Journey with me to the serenity of leaving to our children a planet in equilibrium.

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If you were in a room with Kadaffi, Saddam Hussien, and John Sununu, and you only had two bullets, what would you do. Shoot John Sununu twice.

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Don't fear your mortality, because it is this very mortality that gives meaning and depth and poignancy to all the days that will be granted to you.

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You are Americans. You love this country. Together we are entrusted with the principles that represent mankind's greatest political and social achievement.

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