barbara pierce bush: commencement address at wellesley college
thank you. thank you, very much. thank you very, very much, president keohane. mrs. gorbachev, trustees, faculty, parents, and i should say, julia porter, class president, and certainly my new best friend, christine bicknell -- and, of course, the class of 1990. i am really thrilled to be here today, and very excited, as i know you all must be, that mrs. gorbachev could join us.
these are exciting times. they're exciting in washington, and i have really looked forward to coming to wellesley. i thought it was going to be fun. i never dreamt it would be this much fun. so, thank you for that.
more than ten years ago, when i was invited here to talk about our experiences in the people's republic of china, i was struck by both the natural beauty of your campus and the spirit of this place.
wellesley, you see, is not just a place but an idea -- an experiment in excellence in which diversity is not just tolerated, but is embraced. the essence of this spirit was captured in a moving speech about tolerance given last year by a student body president of one of your sister colleges. she related the story by robert fulghum about a young pastor, finding himself in charge of some very energetic children, hits upon a game called "giants, wizards, and dwarfs." "you have to decide now," the pastor instructed the children, "which you are -- a giant, a wizard or a dwarf?
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