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She went on, \"Anger is a powerful force. It can be a useful force. But left on its own, it will only corrode and destroy and sow chaos on the inside and out. But when anger is focused, when it's channeled into something more, that is the stuff that changes history.\"

Barack shared a similar message.

\"I’ll admit that it’s a little unfair to lay such a heavy burden on you,\" he said. \"I wish that my generation had done more to solve some of our country’s big problems so you didn’t have to. But the good news is that I know you’re up to the challenge. You are the best-educated generation in history.\"

The former POTUS, too, had advice for the new grads: Do what's right, listen to each other and have faith in democracy.

And he urged the class of 2020 to vote.

\"Democracy isn’t about relying on some charismatic leader to make changes from on high. It’s about finding hope in ourselves and creating it in others. Especially in a time like this,\" he concluded.

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