As websites are frantically scrubbed of embarrassing material regularly these days, I am pleased to report that Harvard Law School has resisted the temptation to scrub.
We are therefore blessed to have available from the Harvard Law website, presumably preserved for posterity, the wisdom imparted to the the Harvard Law Class of 2002 by the recipient of the Harvard Law School Association Award for 2002, one Alberto Gonzalez. A portion of a summation of the speakers remarks, copied directly from the website, appears below.
The hallmarks of a good attorney — fidelity to the rule of law, compassion to clients, and dedication to the profession — are even more important when the country is at war, said Gonzales.“I can assure you,” he told the graduates, “that public service will make you a better person.”
Gonzales earlier in the day accepted the Harvard Law School Association Award, an honor whose previous recipients include Harry Blackmun, William Coleman, Mary Robinson, Archibald Cox, Elliot Richardson, and, last year, Janet Reno.
“I will dedicate the remainder of my life to live up to the principles of service and achievement reflected in this award,’ said Gonzales in his acceptance speech.
One can only guess at what Gonzalez surmised that those principles were.
I guess that, like any of his kind, Gonzales re-lies on his very own set of 'principles'. Big M. Me and My Money.
Posted by: Peter on August 29, 2007 11:13 AMI don't know about Alberto's finances. Maybe you're right.
But if there was money involved, it was protection money. Not necessarily for Alberto but probably for others.
Although I think Alberto's "protection" scheme should be pursued.
The post wasn't meant to denigrate Harvard Law. But their mostly honorable alumni might do well to see that Alberto is called to task for denigrating their great institution. Which was the point of the post.
Not that I think a lackey blogger like myself has such power to be so influential. But it's worth taking a shot at it.
Harvard has produced some of the greatest mass murderers of all time. Henry Kissinger and Ted Kaczinski, just to name a few.
Posted by: Aitch Jay on August 30, 2007 11:52 AMWait a minute now. Let's not sully the silverware anymore than we have to. Those two guys you're talking about went to school at the place next door to Harvard Law School.
Posted by: Buck on August 30, 2007 2:34 PM