Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome provost strom. [applause] good evening. It is my very great pleasure to welcome you to Memorial Church for this years lecture on a Meaningful Life. Honored we are deeply to have as our speaker associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Ruth Bader Ginsburg. [cheers and applause] this event, as you may know, has a rich history at stanford. Lecture that in a inry rathbun, a professor the 1930s through the 1950s, decided to give on the last day of his class one spring. The lecture was such a success that it turned into an annual tradition at stanford for many years until professor rathbun retired. It was revised in 2008, supported by a generous gift to the office of religious life by the foundation for Global Community which established the henry and Amelia Rathbun fund for exploring what leads to a Meaningful Life. Each year, a rathbun visiting fellow selected to come to stanford to deliver the lecture and spend time with our faculty,
Mr. Clinton thank you, thank you. Want to thank all of you. I tried to entertain Justice Ginsburg for a few moments before we came over here, telling herr stories of my adventures and misadventures in american politics, back when we viewed each other as threedimensional human beings and not cartoons. [applause] as is fairly had notwn now, i actually met Justice Ginsburg until that memorable sunday evening in 1993 when she came to see me the white house. I had already interviewed two other people and it immediately leaked to the press. I had a lot of young aides who work hard and were good people but if a reporter called them, they were more afraid to say i dont know than anything else, so i got a big kick out of it. I sneaked who is now one of the most famous people in the world into the white house and nobody knew. [laughter] had beenon i president for less than a year, and i already had a Supreme Court appointment to make. I wanted to do a good job. Judge ginsburg was one of three pe
Thank you, i want to thank stephanie and skip for the clinr and Clinton School of public service, i want to thank the family for sponsoring this lecture series and thank you [laughter] [cheers and applause] i want to thank i want to thank all of you. I tried to entertain Justice Ginsburg for a few moments before we came over here by telling her stories of my adventures and misadventures in arkansas politics. [laughter] back when we all thought of each other as people, 3 dimensional human beings before we realized we were [cheers and applause] and its fairly well known, not actually met Justice Ginsburg until that memorable sunday evening in june of 1993 when she came to see me at the white house residence. I had only interviewed two other people and immediately leaked to the press and i had a lot young age, they worked hard and reporter called them, they were more afraid to say i dont know than anything else, so i got a good kick out of it. One of the most famous people in the entire w
[applause] Justice Ginsburg, it is a privilege to welcome you here today. A few years ago, we began inviting people to offer reflections to our entering class. This has been an extraordinary opportunity for our students, as you embark on your legal education, to listen to and learn from someone whose career has shaped the law. And by attending georgetown law, you have chosen to learn the law in a place where laws are made. And this is evident in the speakers who have welcomed our first year students. People have heard from Justice Sotomayor, justice stevens, and the late justice scalia. And we have been so fortunate the last two years, this is the second year in a row, to be joined by the legendary Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg. [applause] i know a long introduction of Justice Ginsburg is not necessary for georgetown students. You know about her decisions and her pointed and influential dissents. And you will also learn that she occupies a rare place in legal history. Like Justice Thurgo
If you years ago we began inviting to offer for every class, a extraordinary opportunity for our students as you embark on your legal education, to listen to and learn from someone whose career has shipped a law. Shaped a law. By attending georgetown law you laws where they are made. In the past few years people sotoheard from justice meyer, justice stevens, justice scalia. We have been so fortunate the last two years, the second year in a row to be joined by the legendary Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg. [applause] a long introduction is not necessary. Your storiesss in you will read and discuss the many powerful and Supreme Court decisions as well as the influential dissent. He will also learned that she occupies a rare late in history. Marshallice thurgood Justice Ginsburg will be a historic figure as an advocate for gender equality. Even if she had never been a judge or justice. And, i same sure you all know, the justice, is also a cultural icon. How many of us can say that we avent si