Commencement 2007
Photo: President Bush delivers the commencement address at Miami Dade College in Miami, Saturday, April 28, 2007.
Laura Bush<br>Pepperdine University
Excerpt: "Use your knowledge, talent, and energy to make a better world for people throughout our country -- and across the globe. I know you'll find fulfillment and happiness along the way."Photo: First lady Laura Bush is hooded by Chancellor Emeritus Charles B. Runnels during the commencement address at Pepperdine University, in Malibu, Calif., Saturday, April 28, 2007.
Fmr. President Clinton<br>University of Michigan
Excerpt: "Think about how you are going to define your citizenship of your nation, community and the world, and how you will reconcile that with your different identities."Photo: Former President Bill Clinton addresses University of Michigan's 2007 spring commencement in Ann Arbor, Mich., Saturday, April 28, 2007.
VP Dick Cheney<br>Brigham Young University
Excerpt: "Don't give up or let your doubts get the best of you. For all the plans we make in life, sometimes life has other plans for us."Photo: Vice President Dick Cheney addresses the graduates after receiving an honorary doctorate degree at Brigham Young University, Thursday, April 26, 2007 in Provo, Utah.
Rudy Giuliani<br>The Citadel
Excerpt: "The reality is that in this world today, there are people - terrorists, Islamic, radical terrorists - who are planning as we sit here at this graduation, who are planning to come here and kill us."Photo: Former New York city Mayor Rudy Giuliani speaks Saturday, May 5, 2007 during the graduation ceremony at The Citadel in Charleston, S.C.
Sen. Hillary Clinton<br>Wilberforce University
Excerpt: "Journeys that led to the abolition of slavery still call us to finish the march to justice."Photo: Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., speaks during the Wilberforce University commencement ceremonies at Wright State University's Nutter Center Saturday, May 5, 2007 in Fairborn, Ohio.
Mitt Romney<br>Regent University
Excerpt: "In the deeper waters, life is about others -- your spouse, family, friends, faith, community, country. In the deep waters, there are challenging ideas, opposing opinions, protracted battles of consequence."Photo: Mitt Romney delivers the commencement address to the 2007 graduating class of Regent University in Virginia Beach, Va., Saturday, May 5, 2007.
Oprah Winfrey<br>Howard University
Excerpt: "I stand here as a symbol of what is possible when you believe in the dream of your own life. Don't be afraid. All you need to do is know who you are."Photo: Oprah Winfrey cheers with the crowd at the commencement ceremony for Howard University, a historically black college in Washington, on Saturday, May 12, 2007.
Nancy Pelosi<br>Webster University
Excerpt: "Words, not weaponry, are the tools of a new civilization."Photo: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi delivers the commencement speech during graduation ceremonies for Webster University Saturday, May 12, 2007, in St. Louis.
Gloria Estefan<br>Berklee College of Music
Excerpt: "Music is a healing force and musicians have the privilege of sharing it. ... It's such an amazing way to live your life."Photo: Gloria Estefan delivers the commencement address during Berklee College of Music commencement, Saturday, May 12, 2007 in Boston.
Ted Koppel<br>University of Southern California
Excerpt: "May you find joy when you least expect it and courage when you need it most."Photo: Journalist Ted Koppel gives the commencement address at the University of Southern California's 124th graduation ceremony in Los Angeles Friday, May 11, 2007.
Anna Deavere Smith<br>Barnard College
Photo: Playwright, actor, author, and teacher Anna Deavere Smith delivers the commencement address to Barnard College's class of 2007, Tuesday, May 15, 2007 in New York.Sen. Barack Obama<br>Southern New Hampshire U.
Excerpt: "I hope you choose to broaden, and not contract, your ambit of concern. Not because you have an obligation to those who are less fortunate, although you do have that obligation."Photo: Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., gives the commencement address at Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester, N.H., Saturday, May 19, 2007.
Presidents Clinton & Bush<br>U. of New Hampshire
Excerpts: "All you have to do is care, roll up your sleeves and claim one of society's problems as your own." Excerpts: "All you have to do is care, roll up your sleeves and claim one of society's problems as your own." -- Mr. Bush"I believe that you are going to be given a great opportunity to change this world of division and divisiveness because it's also a world full of decency and hope." -- Mr. Clinton
The ex-presidents at U. of New Hampshire commencement in Durham, N.H., Saturday, May 19, 2007.
B.B. King<br>Brown University
Excerpt: "Someone really loves you / Guess who / Guess who / Someone really cares / Guess who / So open your heart / Oh, then surely you'll see / That the someone (we dedicate this to Brown, too) / Who really loves you / Is me."Photo: B.B. King sings to the graduates of Brown University during Brown's 239th Commencement in Providence, R.I., Sunday, May 27, 2007.
Ben Affleck<br>Falls Church (Va.) High School
Excerpt: "Everything I learned about life that really matters ... I learned from Joe."Photo: Ben Affleck delivers speech at Falls Church High School Commencement ceremonies in Fairfax, Va., Friday, June 1, 2007. Affleck gave a heartfelt tribute to a graduating student he befriended years ago.