The one thing I witnessed over and over were these pretty young people who would throw themselves into a cause larger than themselves and believe they could change the world.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world are the ones who do.
Exposure from a young age to the realities of the world is a super-big thing.
It was a phenomenon I noticed many years ago. Young people were just giving up every bit of information about themselves they could.
When I was younger, I had big visions of changing the world.
Young people think that nothing bad will ever happen to them.
My grandfather raised me believing in the power of youth to change the world.
The only people available to change the world are the people now living in it, with all the beliefs they bring along - however retrograde those beliefs may appear to those of us who see ourselves as enlightened.
All parents all over the world want their children to lead a better life than themselves, but they need to believe that change is possible.
What I tell these young people is, the world is not as dangerous as the older generation would like you to believe. Anyone I know who has ever taken a risk and lost a job has ended up getting a better one two years later.
A lot of young people don't think they can make a difference. That's really what I am at Dartmouth to do. I'm there to tell the young people, 'Look, a few committed souls can change the world.'