Gnp Measures Neither Our Courage, Our Wisdom

If Freedom Makes Social Progress Possible, So Social Progress Strengthens And Enlarges Freedom. The Two Are Inseparable Partners In The Great Adventure Of Humanity.

What Is Objectionable, What Is Dangerous, About Extremists Is Not That They Are Extreme, But That They Are Intolerant. The Evil Is Not What They Say About Their Cause, But What They Say About Their Opponents.

Our Future May Lie Beyond Our Vision, But It Is Not Completely Beyond Our Control. It Is The Shaping Impulse Of America That Neither Fate Nor Nature Nor The Irresistible Tides Of History, But The Work Of Our Own Hands, Matched To Reason And Principle, That Will Determine Our Destiny. There Is Pride In That, Even Arrogance, But There Is Also Experience And Truth. In Any Event, It Is The Only Way We Can Live.

Courage Is The Most Important Attribute Of A Lawyer. It Is More Important Than Competence Or Vision. It Can Never Be An Elective In Any Law School. It Can Never Be De-limited, Dated Or Outworn, And It Should Pervade The Heart, The Halls Of Justice And The Chambers Of The Mind.

It Is An Unfinished Society That We Offer The World-a Society That Is Forever Committed To Change, To Improvement And To Growth, That Will Never Stagnate In The Certitude Of Ideology Or The Finalities Of Dogma.