Hillary Rodham Clinton，Secretary of State
Yankee Stadium，May 13，2009
Smart power requires smart people，people who have gone the distance for their education，who have opened themselves up to this increasingly complex and interconnected world.
巧实力来自精明的人，接受过良好教育的人，可以对日益复杂、相互关联的世界展开心胸的人。
Hillary Rodham Clinton
背景故事
痴迷政治的杰出女孩。希拉里·罗德姆·克林顿（Hillary Rodham Clinton）可谓“星光耀眼”：作为律师，她曾名列全美100名最具影响力的律师行列；作为白宫女主人，她开创了美国第一夫人竞选公职之先河；作为参议员，她仅用六年时间就跻身国会参议院民主党领导层；作为总统候选人，她首次把女性推到与总统宝座咫尺之遥的位置，又凭实力和韧性赢得了国务卿要职。
这位杰出的女性在纽约大学毕业典礼上发表演讲，针对美国在国际政治经济外交所遇到的问题创造性地提出了关于公民外交（公民大使）的新概念，相互依赖的合作理念。希拉里还进一步阐述了美国软实力（smart power）的外交政策，并大力支持和倡导鼓励青年一代化理想为行动，为全球合作奠定基础，战胜饥饿和疾病，遏制气候变化。
名人简介
生于芝加哥一个中产阶级家庭的希拉里，从小对各种各样领导职位表现出极大兴趣，是学校和社团中的活跃分子。1965年，希拉里进入马萨诸塞州韦尔斯利大学主修政治学。1969年，她又就读于耶鲁大学法学院，是第一个在韦尔斯学院毕业典礼上发表演讲的学生，而她富有争议的演讲也引起了全国的注意。1973年获法学博士学位，在求学期间，她结识了后来成为美国总统的比尔·克林顿。
希拉里个性鲜明、果敢坚定，思维缜密、说话条理分明，女强人特点突出，却也不乏细心体贴的温情面，矛盾的性格特征时常显露。希拉里有八年白宫、八年参议员的经历，出访过全球90多个国家，对外交事务有独到见解。从其2007年岁末在《外交》杂志上撰文“21世纪的安全与机遇”以及出席参院提名听证会的讲话来看，其外交政策思想的主要脉络渐趋清晰，外交政策倾向也初露端倪。
她的政治立场偏向自由主义，在政界的影响力也不俗。舆论普遍认为她是美国历史上最有实权的第一夫人。
演讲赏析
Change Will Come
Hillary Rodham Clinton，Secretary of State
Yankee Stadium，May 13，2009
Thank you.Thank you so much.Thank you.And does it get any better than this，a graduation ceremony for one of the great universities in the world in the home of New York Yankees？Nothing could be better.（Applause.）And thanks to all of you for cheering a visitor.I didn‘t realize that was permitted in Yankee Stadium.
I am honored to receive this degree.And on behalf of the other honorees，I say thank you.Thank you for giving us this singular privilege of being part of this commencement ceremony.As I look out at this huge crowd of graduates，family，and friends，I can only reflect on what an extraordinary moment in history you are receiving your degrees，a moment in time of our country and the world where your talents and your energy，your passion and commitment is more needed than ever.There is no doubt that you are well prepared for a world that seems somewhat uncertain but which will welcome the education that you have received on behalf of not only of yourselves and your families，but your communities and your country.
As Secretary of State，I am well aware of the challenges that we face.You，as new graduates，and your generation will be up against those challenges：climate change and hunger，extreme poverty and extreme ideologies，new diseases and nuclear proliferation.But I am absolutely convinced that you and we are up to the task.There is no problem we face here in America or around the world that will not yield to human effort，to cooperation，to positive interdependence that makes clear humanity is going on，our challenges are ones that summon the best of us，and we will make the world better tomorrow than it is today.（Applause.）
Now，I know that it is fashionable in commencement speeches to be idealistic，and that may sound so，but at the root of my conviction is a strong sense of reality.Because you see，I don’t think we have a choice.We can sit on the sidelines，we can wring our hands，we can retreat into cynicism，and we know what the results will be：We will cede the field to those whose ideologies are absolutely anathema to people of conscience and faith all over the world.So our positive interdependence，which is a fact，will prepare us to meet these challenges.But they can no longer be seen just as government-to-government.There is a time and an opportunity，and with the new technologies available，for us to be citizen diplomats，citizen activists，to solve problems one by one that will give in to hard work，patience，and persistence，and will then aggregate to the solutions we seek.
Now，I know we cannot send a special envoy to negotiate with a pandemic，or call a summit with carbon dioxide，or sever relations with the global financial crisis.To confront these threats and to seize the opportunities that they also present，we need to build new partnerships from the bottom up，and to use every tool at our disposal.That is the heart of smart power.But smart power requires smart people，people who have gone the distance for their education，who have opened themselves up to this increasingly complex and interconnected world，and this changing global landscape requires us to expand our concept of diplomacy.
Now，when I was graduating so many years ago，diplomacy was the domain of privileged men working behind closed doors.Today，our diplomats are not limited，and our diplomacy is no longer confined to the State Department or our embassies.We are laying the foundation for 21st century statecraft.Where？In the classrooms of NYU，in the board rooms of the businesses of this great city，in the halls of academia，in the operating rooms of our great hospitals.We are looking for those personal commitments and connections，and that is where all of you come in.
The biggest challenges we face today will be solved by the 60percent of the world‘s population under the age of 30.And already，young people，like all of you，are using their talents and ingenuity to help fashion their own brand of service and diplomacy.
A few examples：In the nation of Colombia，two young college graduates，fed up with the violence in their country，used Facebook to organize 14million people into the largest antiterrorism demonstrations in the history of the world.（Applause.）In a few short weeks，their peaceful efforts did as much damage to the terrorist networks as years of military action.