Ukrainian Secretary of National Security Plagiarizes Steve Jobs' Stanford Speech

Ukrainian Secretary of National Security and Defense, Raisa Bogatyreva, plagiarized Steve Jobs' speech to Stanford in 2005 for her own speech to graduates, according to a TNW report.

The plaigarism was revealed by the Ukranian Truth and some comparative quotes have been published by iSmashPhone. TNW verified these translations with their own source.

Raisa Bogatyreva: Knowledge, that you've got today in these walls, your character, fate, life, or at least karma, will help you to find the right answer.

Steve Jobs: You'll have to stand on somethething. On your character, fate, life, karma, anything.


Bogatyreva: up to 33 years, I was not paying attention to the saying: If you live each day like the last, ever to do it.

Jobs: When I was 17, I came across a quote if you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right.


Bogatyreva: I am honored to be here with you today, the day when the graduates receive diplomas. In one of the best higher educational institutions of our country … I want to share with you today the findings of his own life and his own political experience. There are three conclusions. Nothing is absolutely tremendous. There are three conclusions.

Jobs: I am honored to be with you today at the presentation of diplomas of one of the best universities in the world … I tell you three stories from my life. Just three stories. Nothing grand. Just three stories.


Bogatyreva: Death approached me very closely. Closer than it is now, at my age, having lived through that moment, I can tell you – nobody wants to die.

Jobs: Death then came to me the closest. And, hopefully, the closest thing to the next few decades. Having lived through it, I can now say this with more certainty than when death was a useful but purely abstract concept that no one wants to die.

For those of you who speak the language, you can find a video of the speech below...

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