Quotable quotes from past Commencement speakers

"Party on, Demon Deacons, party on."
Secretary of State Colin Powell, 2004

"(The September 11 terrorists) thought us no match for the violent, cruel struggle they planned for us. They badly misjudged us."
U.S. Senator John McCain, 2002

"Thanks to Wake Forest's wonderful tradition of service, embodied in your school motto, you've already been taught the value of service to others."
Former First Lady Barbara Bush, 2001

"Computers are magnificent tools for the realization of our dreams, but they will never replace the dreamers."
Louis V. Gerstner Jr., Chairman and CEO, IBM, 1997

"The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse ride across history, and one of those horsemen visited Wake Forest this year in power."
President Thomas K. Hearn Jr., 1997 (commenting on the year during which four students were killed.)

"The great disparity between the rich and the poor raises tremendously important ethical and moral questions for all people of concern and compassion."
Millard D. Fuller, Founder, Habitat for Humanity International, 1990

"Sometimes I think that Americans know everything there is to know about the last 24 hours and nothing about the last 60 years or the last 60 centuries."
Bill Moyers, Senior News Analyst, CBS News, 1984

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