--- ---  # Mike Pence at Notre Dame: 'The Future Is Yours' by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff May 21, 2017 6:35 PM UTC  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](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff May 21, 2017 6:35 PM UTC _Vice President Mike Pence gave the commencement address at the University of Notre Dame on Saturday. Watch his full remarks_ [_here_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmGYzkQ9UHg)_._ --- > “” --- Mike Pence: Vice President's Speech at Notre Dame Graduation ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4787520/mike-pence-university-of-notre-dame-commencement-graduation-2017/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4787520/mike-pence-university-of-notre-dame-commencement-graduation-2017/"},"headline":"Mike Pence at Notre Dame: 'The Future Is Yours'","datePublished":"2017-05-21T18:35:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T05:02:18.939Z","description":"\"Be leaders for the freedom of thought and expression\"","url":"https://time.com/4787520/mike-pence-university-of-notre-dame-commencement-graduation-2017/","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/4787520/mike-pence-university-of-notre-dame-commencement-graduation-2017/","name":"Mike Pence at Notre Dame: 'The Future Is Yours'"}}]}] ```