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Presumably 'inviting' him doesn't mean agreeing with everything he's done.
'Blair's address took the form of an appeal for international cooperation and for people to try to understand other cultures.
According the Bangor Daily News, Blair told gathered graduates to be leaders, not followers.
The newspaper added that the 59-year-old former PM told the students: "Above all else, be a do-er and not a critic. Human experience has never been shaped by commentators, critics or cynics."
Blair stepped down as UK prime minister in 2007.
Since then, he has served as the envoy of the Quartet on the Middle East, representing the United States, Russia, the European Union and the United Nations in working with Palestinians to prepare for statehood.'
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