ENGLISH SPEECH | JUSTIN TRUDEAU: We’re All the Same (English Subtitles)

I have to say, to be here now, speaking  with all of you — in Yankee Stadium,  

one of the greatest places in one of the greatest  cities on Earth — is more than a little humbling.  

My friends, you are now NYU graduates — the best  and the brightest. You have great potential and  

possibilities. And therefore, you have enormous  responsibility, too. So today, I’d like to talk  

about the nature of both those things, and I’d  like to offer you a challenge. One that I think is  

essential for your future success as individuals,  and as the leaders that you are becoming.

Among the many things I admire about NYU, is that  about a fifth of the students are international.  

And a similar proportion are the very  first in their families to go to college.  

This group is truly diverse in every possible  way. And I think that is an extraordinarily  

valuable and important thing. When I graduated in  the early 1990s, I went on a trip around the world  

with a few good friends — who actually remain good  friends to this day, which is sort of a miracle.

We trekked and traveled, mostly over land, from  Europe to Africa to Asia. And that remains one  

of the great formative experiences of  my life. It was an amazing adventure.

It was also a really important contributor  to my continued, broader education. Because  

it forced me, really for the first time as an  adult, to meet, engage, befriend people whose  

views and experiences, ideas, values and  language were very different from my own.  

When a kid from Montreal meets a Korean  fisherman living in Mauritania, befriends  

a Russian veteran of their Afghan war, or a  shopkeeper and his family living in Danang,  

interesting conversations always happen.  Now, maybe some of you have talked about  

doing something like a great trip like that  after graduation. But I’d be willing to bet  

one of the first things you heard was a warning:  “You can’t do that in this day and age. It’s not  

safe!” But here’s my question: Is it really just  the issue of physical safety that makes our loved  

ones so anxious at the idea of us getting out  there, or is it the threat that if we look past