当地时间5月25日上午，约翰·霍普金斯大学2023届毕业典礼，乌克兰总统#泽连斯基#应邀在线发表演讲。 “Every person eventually realizes that time is the most valuable resource on the planet – not oil, or uranium, not lithium or anything else – but time,” he said. “Some people realize this sooner, and these are the lucky ones. Others realize it too late, when they lose someone or something.” 泽连斯基描述了最近对前线乌克兰军队的一次访问，他说，许多人都有着与美国毕业生相似的梦想和抱负，但不同的是，年轻的乌克兰人在追逐梦想之前，被迫忍受战争的集体悲剧。 “You have to know exactly what you need today — and what you want your tomorrows to look like.” “I’m certain, you, as your forefathers, will continue to lead the free world and this century will be our century,” said Zelensky. “A century where freedom, innovation and democratic values reign.”  演讲结束后，校长罗恩·丹尼尔斯(Ron Daniels)授予泽连斯基荣誉文学博士学位。 丹尼尔斯校长在此前发给泽连斯基总统的邀请函中表示，他希望：“one of our era’s great democratic leaders would speak to the next generation of leaders, reinforcing in them the importance of holding fast to one’s principles and meeting with fortitude and humility the challenging moments of history that they will surely face in the years ahead.”