--- description: Vice President Mike Pence delivered a graduation speech at Grove City College on Saturday: "You leave here with a responsibility to lead" title: Read Mike Pence's Commencement Speech at Grove City College image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd98ac9d2545c25bb/6988ce330a4a22b9a49ce3e2/mike-pence-notre-dame.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ## Ideas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Education](/tag/education/) ## Education Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Read Mike Pence's Grove City College Commencement Speech by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 20, 2017 6:33 PM CUT  US Vice President Mike Pence arrives to a news conference with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and U.S. President Donald Trump hold a joint news conference at the White House May 18, 2017 in Washington, DC. US Vice President Mike Pence arrives to a news conference with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and U.S. President Donald Trump hold a joint news conference at the White House May 18, 2017 in Washington, DC.Mark Wilson—Getty Images by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 20, 2017 6:33 PM CUT _Vice President Mike Pence delivered the commencement remarks at Grove City College on Saturday._ --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4787291/mike-pence-grove-city-college-commencement-graduation-speech/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4787291/mike-pence-grove-city-college-commencement-graduation-speech/"},"headline":"Read Mike Pence's Grove City College Commencement Speech","datePublished":"2017-05-20T18:33:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T05:02:10.208Z","description":"\"You're ready to add your voice to the chorus that is America\"","url":"https://time.com/4787291/mike-pence-grove-city-college-commencement-graduation-speech/","keywords":["Education","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd98ac9d2545c25bb/6988ce330a4a22b9a49ce3e2/mike-pence-notre-dame.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd98ac9d2545c25bb/6988ce330a4a22b9a49ce3e2/mike-pence-notre-dame.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Donald Trump Holds Joint Press Conference With Colombian President Santos","caption":"Donald Trump Holds Joint Press Conference With Colombian President Santos","creditText":"Mark Wilson—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/education/","name":"Education"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4787291/mike-pence-grove-city-college-commencement-graduation-speech/","name":"Read Mike Pence's Grove City College Commencement Speech"}}]}] ```