Our state needs each of you, as does our country. Certainly, the community in which you shall dwell will need you as a prepared and qualified person to help introduce the 21st Century. I fervently hope you will soon direct your talents to building a greater civility into our lives. Today we seem to be an angry, unhappy people, quick to judge and seemingly unconcerned over the hurt we may cause another. We tolerate vulgarity in our culture to a degree unheard of a quarter of a century ago.
Election campaigns seek to destroy individual candidates rather than to illuminate issues.
Indeed, we too often confuse manufactured celebrities as authentic American heroes. It is a much more enjoyable and useful way to live. Soon you will encounter a tough assignment at work. This is exhilarating because the discipline you gain from steady, daily effort helps you focus your own life and thought toward objectives increasingly meaningful to you. Therefore, my second request is that early on in your career, take the time and energy to be enriched by bonding with your children and your family.