North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Commencement Address
May 7, 2005 ’Äì Greensboro, North Carolina
’ÄúThe purpose of a commencement speaker is to dispense wisdom. But the older I get, the more I realize that the most important wisdom I’Äôve learned in life has come from my mother and my father. Before we go any further, let’Äôs hear it one more time for your mothers and mother figures, fathers and father figures, family, and friends in the audience today.’Äù
Detroit Economic Club
’ÄúThe End of Manifest Destiny’Äù
May 23, 2005
’ÄúI’Äôm not here to tell you what really happened in the HP Boardroom, although I am here to talk about something that created major headlines. What I want to talk about today happened a little over a year ago, and it really made me think about the state of our nation.’Äù