Douglas Murray’s Commencement Speech to Columbia Graduates: The Kindling of the Fire Is Now Your Job
After Columbia University cancelled its school-wide commencement due to threats stemming from weeks of anti-Israel protests and encampments on campus, author Douglas Murray provided a commencement address for a group of Columbia graduates, faculty, and alumni. He recommended 4 virtues these graduates should seek to live by: 1) Respect-a respect for tradition and learning from the past; 2) Courage-remember that heroism can come in all forms and from all places; 3) Curiosity-stay curious and gravitate towards those who are curious; and 4) Gratitude-Instead of choosing between a life of resentment and being indoctrinated into a life of resentment, focus on gratitude.
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Douglas Murray is one of the greatest intellectuals who is literally saving The West. Have read every one of his books & he has inspired me to speak up against the insanity going on
@fgoogleinthea7475
2 ай бұрын
Unfortunately he is not literally saving the west, nobody is listening, we are doomed.
@brendacooke5432
2 ай бұрын
Well said, feel the same.
@stephendoherty981
2 ай бұрын
🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
@Barbbfly
2 ай бұрын
Praise God
@stephendoherty981
2 ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Douglas is a lighthouse of wisdom in a world eclipsed by stupidity and brainwashing.
@stephendoherty981
2 ай бұрын
The irony of your comment!!!!
@Barbbfly
2 ай бұрын
And anger and hate and anti Semitic and sociopaths
@user-fg6sb9lg2j
2 ай бұрын
My abiding understanding of Murray gained over many years is not to be right but to continually travel the world and visit all sides in arenas of conflict and war to try and understand actual cause and effect, often engaging with closed minds to explore for a mutually agreed realities that could bring about change, reconciliation and peace. His attempts to explain the facts of an issue with refreshing candour speak for themselves. This is an anathema for those fixed by dogmatic attitudes wishing to perpetuate resentful differences rather than healing similarities. Kind regards Tim
@theinngu5560
Ай бұрын
True and the important thing is not to hate back….as that harms us. We need to find the way not to hold onto anger, resentment etc as it doesn’t help, however justified we feel. Peace 🤍
@Sonotfrench
8 күн бұрын
@@stephendoherty981dear Stephen you have a lot of learning to do.
Any time spent listening to Douglas Murray is time well spent.
@stephendoherty981
2 ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@stellamaris5405
2 ай бұрын
✨ Yes, well said. Only too often great people like Murray were ignored or derided for speaking up, until they were gone. Great to have the tech now that people in every corner of the world can listen to him in real time at the hit of a button. ☘️
Douglas Murray- living conscience of the Western world.
I could listen to Douglas for hours.
@CNotez-uo8kp
2 ай бұрын
Same. He is absolutely what all of us in the western world need. Nothing but praise for this man
@bimonsolivar8898
2 ай бұрын
He's one of the few people who CAN talk for hours!
@JanetLB
2 ай бұрын
And I do!!!
@christinapierson4264
2 ай бұрын
Ditto. And, thanks to KZread, I do!
@jesseharvey892
2 ай бұрын
I like Douglas Murray but the sound quality of this recording is terrible
My god you are a dying breed my friend, Balls of steel & superior educated as well !
@geraldarcuri9307
2 ай бұрын
Wow. What a vocabulary. Could you describe manliness without using an anatomical metaphor? It would sound far more intelligent, and certainly less vulgar.
@ingloriousraptors6010
2 ай бұрын
@@geraldarcuri9307really necessary comment mate.. does his choice of words really matter here?
@KimNemirow
2 ай бұрын
@@geraldarcuri9307People use language different in every generation.. This a is a comm9n phrase in generations prior.The relevance is that he is strong psychogically and has moral vpursgev that is exceptional.
@CNotez-uo8kp
2 ай бұрын
I'm not even British DOUGLAS MURRAY FOREVER
@Mypoint155
2 ай бұрын
There are more people like him today; one of them is Ben Shapiro. But I understand what you mean. Today, there are people who would use violence if anyone disagreed with them. But Mr. Murray is a strong person. He is not the type of person who says what people want him to say just so he can keep his job or lets fear stops him from expressing his views. Unfortunately, the authorities in every country in the West today allow violence from people (from the “religion of peace” for an example) just not to offend them.
This is who a friend of Israel looks like. ♥️🇮🇱🇺🇸
@joehutchinson24
2 ай бұрын
He is a friend to all decent human beings with courage. He is a friend to civilized human beings with moral compass. It just so happens to be that those are the main qualities of the people and the State of Israel.
@ARM1NIUS
2 ай бұрын
a friend to genociders
@joehutchinson24
2 ай бұрын
Are you a little slow? We have all watched just how idiotic, uneducated and willfully ignorant these "pro-Palestinian" protesters are about the basic history of the region is. Any ignoramus can watch propaganda and scream the same modern day self-righteous slogans ad nauseam "genocide," "war criminal," "ethnic cleansing," "occupation," "colonizer," "fascist," all of which obviously and rationally describe the Iranian Regime and there jihadist proxy warmongers who have colonized Gaza, Lebanon, Yemen, Syria, Iraq and at this very moment attempting to exterminate the Jewish refugees who escaped those very same countries and make up the majority of Israel's Jewish population. But you don't strike me as the sort of person with the moral fortitude to study or learn about these basic facts because obviously your own racism against this ancient Middle Eastern minority matches group the IRGC which is an actual Nazi-like group of war criminals responsible for all you falsely project at the Jewish People of Israel.
I need to honest, if it wasn't for this man, I would have lost my conscious Compass a long time ago. He will go down as one of the greatest names to have ever lived.
@I9s7lam5is-S3tu1pid
2 ай бұрын
Wonderful! May you keep on in your honest journey for truth. For when you find the truth, the Truth will set you free.
@hinaynihorvath3926
2 ай бұрын
Really? I doubt you have chosen a pro Israel life now
@stephendoherty981
2 ай бұрын
One of the greatest names ever to have lived???????😂😂😂😂😂😂😂. Oh stop😂😂😂😂😂😂. Someone make it stop, please😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Courage, prudence, justice, and moderation; the four virtues. Timeless!
Finally a speaker with some common sense.
Truth, goodness, beauty, and love! What an example for us all!
The video may be blurry and the audio may be tincan but the quality of prose keeps us captivated.
They don’t deserve you, but need you so so badly.
@MiladaKaiser
2 ай бұрын
This is really true.
@madmelwood3778
2 ай бұрын
Yep
Thank you for your voice of reason.
You have been a sound spokesman for America, England, and of course, Israel!
@rukk_tx5285
2 ай бұрын
And for Truth and Culture and Humanity. Rare nowadays.
Love listening to you Douglas - thanks for everything you do ❤
Is there no situation upon which this man cannot bring to bear a succinct and erudite enlightenment? Lucky, lucky students.
@sarahm9723
2 ай бұрын
I love who he is. One of the greatest men of our time.
A beacon of integrity and professional journalism, in the light of the darkness and delusion that encompasses this generation of students, who’d cheer for a terror organization, murderers, who openly declare their goal of destroying western civilization, yet somehow these students “identify” with such evil. My gratitude and admiration for your resounding voice of reason and realistic perception of the current state of humanity, or what’s left of it.
“A decline in courage may be the most striking feature that an outside observer notices in the West today. The Western world has lost its civic courage . . . . Such a decline in courage is particularly noticeable among the ruling and intellectual elite, causing an impression of a loss of courage by the entire society.” ― Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn
Grateful, yet shocked, that you were invited to Columbia. This gives me hope.
Thank you, Mr Murray, for your inspiration and the sparks of brightness you spread over the world and minds...
How lucky these students to have you as a speaker!
✨ What a privilege those graduates had, to have *Douglas Murray* deliver that speech - Lord knows, he's a busy man - but also the *bravest, most truthful & not only the smartest but wisest man* we have today. We need more than ever to *listen to men like Murray, who in time will join the ranks of Plato, Socrates et al* . ☘️
The one and only, Douglas Murray. Man of reason.
Thank you for being the voice of truth and reason!
A warrior of our times
Douglas is so endearing, and one of the most courageous men alive. It's so like him to salvage something inspiring and good for these grads to remember. Well done.
Eloquence - the breadth and depth of the English language - demonstrated with calm assurance. Warmth, wisdom expression and sincerity. Thank you Douglas, as always.
Thank you Douglas love listening to you 🙏🙏🙏🙏❤️
Stunning to see these students so eager to listen to DM, you could almost hear a pin drop! not the entire generation is lost apparently
@joanmiller1037
2 ай бұрын
Thank God for his voice of sanity!
HELLO FROM SYDNEY, RESPECT TO DOUGLAS MURRAY❤🎉!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Douglas Murray is an inspiration in these times of madness
❤ Hero to us. Douglas Murray
Always speaking out the truth. I stand with you Douglas Murray!! May God save the West
Thank you for sharing your speech with us. Just wonderful
Brave and wonderful man! I admire him so much!
Douglas is a throwback. "When ships were made of wood. And men of steel. "
Thank you Douglas Murray for sharing your speech. I enjoyed it.
Thank you, Douglas, for once again being the voice of reason! I so appreciate you being the voice for many
A man of integrity & courage who delivers his words with such intellect and charm. Once he starts to speak I find it impossible to turn away. Surely one of the greatest advocates for a righteous world in these increasingly unstable times that is being dominated by the very loud & the very ignorant.
I can keep listening to Douglas Murray...what a treat to listen to him !
You are a man of such character, sensitivity and nobility, that declare you a Israeli hero.
Douglas Murray is a beacon of sanity in a world cloaked in the fog of hatred.
@wambaofivanhoe9307
2 ай бұрын
No, Murray spews anti Muslim hatred.
@tomowen1951
Ай бұрын
You put that superbly.
Douglas Murray is a hero in our time. Thank you for standing up for morality and justice and of course for all you do for the great State of Israel and the Jewish people.
A very important point - the past judges us. Gratitude is the virtue Shakespeare most valued
I can feel my IQ go up by whole points when I listen to this Man. He helps me to courage in life.
Mr. Murray ie a gem. An awesome, brilliant man!
Eloquent, articulate and consistently on point. Thank you. Roji
Thank you Douglas. Your words are cleansing fire
Wow! You've given these young graduates a precious advises. A brilliant speech! Also you are an extraordinary orator. What a pleasure it is to listen to you. Thank you so much for sharing this video ❤
Congratulations to all the graduates, and bravo to them for giving Douglas Murray so attentive a hearing. Whether one agrees with him or not, there's no doubt that he has all the curiosity about and gratitude towards the world that he was recommending there.
Courage, curiosity, sense of memory, and gratitude as antidote to resentment. Brilliant.
@theinngu5560
Ай бұрын
Yes soooo important to let go of resentment as it so often spans generations…in the Middle East and and so many other conflicts. It’s the minority, in such situations, who go against the majority and let go of resentment from the past and undoing so let go of so much burden and suffering.
Douglas Murray - the voice of sanity.
Thank you for your efforts Douglas. We need you
So glad they invited him for the commencement speech - gives me hope !
Brillant Douglas Murray ! Greetings from Germany
Love Douglas Murray very smart person.
Nothing to do with this clip per se but thank you for being my voice and mind which I would struggle to express without losing my temper. Please please please keep up the good work, without you many of us would be lost.
@marljen1158
2 ай бұрын
Amen! I agree 100%!
Douglas Murray would make such an incredible president or PM but I totally understand why he doesn't want to go down that path.
“For anyone interested in thinking”…
We are witnessing the controlled dismantling of the West. Most of us are looking on, mouths open, helpless. I think I speak for many of us when I say that Douglas is our voice. He has the poise, intellect and public recognition and strength to speak truth to power and if we have to fight to defend our way of life, then that is what we must do.
@joanmiller1037
2 ай бұрын
I find myself thinking, as an 83 year old lady, that I would fight for what Douglas Murray espouses. There are millions of us. Maybe not as old as I, but don’t count us out when seeing those who would destroy the goodness of the West.
@Callisto74
2 ай бұрын
@@joanmiller1037 I don’t think I would ever count you out. Your experiences after a lifetime of living is invaluable.
@saraleigh5336
2 ай бұрын
Please do stay in the battle, such as calling legislators periodically.
I love Douglas Murray ❤
A few years ago I felt doom for my children and grandchildren, Douglas Murray you inspire this old man. Thank you
Hopefully they will be open minded enough to take some of the information on board.
Brilliant graduation speech I hope the students really listened to what he was saying
Congratulations to the graduates!
*Weird feeling that must be for Douglas, to come back to these institutions remembering what they used to be and witnessing now what they have become... Wokism (and everything that goes with it) stand for "self-destruction of the bored West by mean of an infantile neurotization of the thought"... Long live our sweet Douglas for the sake of sanity !!! Keep up the good work Monsieur, you've got a lot of fans in France ! Vive la révolution conservatrice !*
Congratulations to grads! I wish I had heard this speech as a grad. You guys are really fortunate. Take time to reflect on his words.
Thank you for always speaking the truth. And, for quoting the great Canadian, Norm Macdonald.
God bless you Douglas. Keep the good work up
Love you, Douglas Murray!
They are so lucky to have you❣️
God bless you, Douglas Murray!!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Thank you Douglas ! Great job , great speech !
Always a treat to listen to DM
that was beautiful. thank you
King Douglas !❤
True courage personified
Douglas is priceless 🇬🇧🙏🇮🇱
Douglas Murray is the most spectacular Orator of our time , this recording is shocking , there are better recordings available of speeches from a hundred years ago, quite how this poor quality seemingly slipped through the net amazes me .
I can only hope there are many protesters in the room to hear what he has to say but I’m highly doubtful! What a pity if I’m right!
Columbia?? Holy surprise! Let's hope they listened.
Our hero brilliant and couragous
Douglas Murray!
If you ran to be the PM of the UK, without a shadow of a doubt nor hesitation, i along with so many i know, would vote for you Douglas Murray. Alas, the political class in so many countries incl the UK are simply morally corrupt and lack integrity nor empathy to stand up and shout truths like you…the world has gone mad and someone needs to turn on the lights and stop all this bun fight and bring it to order🎉
My undergraduate alma mater: Barnard. Love your articulate perspective.
Keep your hands off! He’s ours 😆🤩
Douglas Murray is a treasure.
Bravo!!
This man is a prophet.
yes, the recorded sound is really noisy - difficult to hear... unfortunately.
@felicitatislibertatisque
2 ай бұрын
Yes, it's a bit difficult to follow. Would be great if someone with professional tools would clean the audio up, so that people can concentrate better on Douglas message.
What an inspiring speech! Thank you Douglas Murray!
Wait DOUGLAS is at Columbia Uni?? 😮 omg
@mickydimos
2 ай бұрын
So???
@manusha1349
2 ай бұрын
@@mickydimos are you high?
@mickydimos
2 ай бұрын
No but working on it, why do you ask? Edit: I just don’t get the ‘omg’ because Douglas is at Columbus Uni whatever that means. It means nothing to me and, I would imagine, the rest of the world.
@manusha1349
2 ай бұрын
@mickydimos don't be an idiot, universities hate conservatives. What's so difficult to understand? Grow a brain ffs
Douglas Murray 👏👏👏👏❤❤❤❤❤
This man is a genius
Greatest man to ever live!
love listening to you from Christchurch New Zealand
Whoever chose Douglas Murray for the commencement speech is a hero. Much gratitude to you, whoever you are.
Love listening to Douglas.
Please become the PM? The British people need you. You somehow get a pass on your views that others have been cancelled