2023 NYU Commencement Speaker Sanna Marin, Prime Minister of Finland

Sanna Marin—the youngest person, at the time of her appointment as Finland’s prime minister, ever to serve as a head of any government—received a Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa. She delivered remarks on behalf of all the honorary degree recipients at NYU's 190th Commencement celebrating the Class of 2023 at Yankee Stadium on May 17.

"The face of power is not the same as the face of the people—and this has to change," Marin said. "I also want things to change, but I cannot do it alone. I need you and others with me to make the world more equal, more sustainable, and more just. I know I’m not alone with this thought. I know many of you want the same and together we can make it a reality."

[Bea-ck]

1: You have the right to want things and want things to change.
2: Wanting is not enough, to change things you have to take over.
3: You have to stop being afraid.

[Miloo-qvfu]

I've been living for almost three years now in Finland, and certainly I can say that Finland is a great country because of the people like Sanna Marin.

[colinatkinson]

May she be an inspiration to get a younger President for America

[nrlamare]

Great speech by the Prime Minister of the happiest country in the world

[ahmedabakar]

From Africa 🌍 I'm fan of PM of Finland Sanna Marin

[teeIck]

The Guardian listed Sanna Marini's graduation speech as one of the best of the year.

[Sam-Magic]

Sanna's theme on <Change for the Better> sounds like our beloved Elsa 🧚‍♀ in her 'LET IT GO':-
'' And the fears that once controlled me, can't get to me at all. ''

In particular:-
'' My power flurries through the air into the ground. 🤸‍♀
My soul is spiraling in frozen fractals all around. ❄️
And one thought crystallizes like an icy blast. ☃️
I'm never going back, the past is in the past. '' 👋🏻

In Elsa's song,
Cold = Fear 😫
Storm = Creativity 🛸

-- Sam HO
Prof. & Speaker, Oxford U.

[guybadmash]

Did she give some tips on how to party?

[new_india_unofficialsince]

Congratulations Her excellency Dr Sana Marin

[kalawatieroop]

Sana your speech is the best of 2023 congratulations

[AdilSuomea]

Minä rakastan sua sanna Marin. Sä ot tehnyt paljon työtä. Sä ot autanyt ihmisiä tãä
täällä suomessa. Kiitos sulle tosi paljon .adil messaoudi

[TANVEERAHMED-jhog]

Wonderful powerful speech that she has delivered for us to learn and bring change ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[govindji]

Each and every words are golden words for future generations.

[PlatonPlaton-xszi]

If your goals are good, do not be afraid of anything! We are together. Ukraine.

[englishpedagogiccenter]

Profound sense of recognition.
It is the saga of dedication.
She is truly vibrant and vivacious.

[MateeProdhan]

Whole world best number one beautiful woman sanna marin

[shahalampanna]

Congratulations for her excellency PM of Finland to be awarded Honorary Doctorate degree by New York University. Congratulations for your nice speech from Bangladesh

[anotherstupidfeature]

What you see is pure theatre with very little touch of realism. She did nothing good for Finland. All that praise is fake, imaginary. What he really did was to destroy our education system, our economy and drove our country deep into a debt pit, divided the people and pushed them to fight each other. I pity you who allow yourselves to be fooled by such theatre, planned and executed by PR professionals. She is just an actres, and she costed the Finns dearly.

[moniqueng]

I am European, "Green revolution" gets us nowhere. We are facing more of the climate changes, consequence of a natural cycle of earth movement. Yet due to multiple and ridiculous norms and laws, people are unfortunately worse off!

[laodesyukur]

Congrats... Then she can't playing again about what she did... Wish her knowledge will preserve this world better again, Ameen... 🌐🇫🇮👸🎁❤️