franklin delano roosevelt did the speech in 1932, and even performed -- and even tougher time than it is now. here is what he said to a class in 1932. he said that yours is not a task of making your way in the world, but the task of making about remaking the world which you will find before you. so will you, which then all this difficulty, there is incredible potential and promise. york tasked with finding that promise. -- you are tasked with finding that promise. young lawyers are to play an absolutely pivotal role. whatever difficulties might be facing, it is true, also, you have the ability to participate in transformational work that will take full advantage of your abilities, and i hope to get the chance to do that . it is hard to turn your back on security and lucrative opportunities, even if you thought that that is not where you wanted to be. it was hard to look for some other things. what i hope, actually, is that as the bonuses become a little less big and financial security seems little bit less than it has in recent years, it will have this silver lining. it will say, what

franklin delano roosevelt had a c-average in high school. and a c-average in college. john f. kennedy had a c-average in high school, and a c-average in college, the next one won't surprise you, george w. bush had a c-average in high school, and a c-average in college, but this might surprise you. bush's c-average was one point higher than senator john kerry's c-average! [laughter]. >> al gore flunk gd out of his first college. and squeaked through his second. with a c-minus average. dick cheney the famous vice president flunked out, too. when his sat scores in language and math are added together, the legendary progressive senator paul wellstone scored 800 as a total. now, it is true that in his day, the match was only 1600 and now i believe it is 2400, still that is a 50 and america's global computer dominance rose as i told you from men without college degrees. ted turner, founder of the worldwide news service cnn, dropped out of -- dropped out freshman year and william faulkener, one of our nobel prize authors got a d in english in his freshman year in college. and, droppe

perhaps best expressed by justice frankfurter, a steadfast democrat, appointed by president franklin delano roosevelt. justice frankfurter said -- quote -- "courts are not representative bodies. they are not designed to be a good reflex of a democratic society. their judgment is best informed and therefore most dependable within narrow limits. their special quality is detachment founded on independence. history teaches that the independence of the judiciary is jeopardized when courts become. broiled in the passions of the day and assume primary responsibility in choosing between competing political, economic, and social pressures. primary responsibility for a just in the interest that compete in the situation belongs to the congress." that was quoting justice frankfurter. i recall the private meeting i had with then judge roberts before assuming the position of chief justice roberts when he was nominated to be chief justice. a wonderful justice. on the supreme court who, then senator obama voted against. senator obama voted against the confirmation of john roberts, votes against the confirmation of s

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