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Moral Leadership Required
If our only goal is an earthly city invented and
engineered by men, nothing can prevent those who have
power and are confident from imposing their views on
the community. Freedom does not consist in the
possession of things. It is not the power of doing what
we like, hut the right to do what we ought. Leadership
must seek and find a moral response. Perhaps our
profession, the quality of whose services are not condi-
tioned by a market economy, could help to spread a
true insight into social function, could provide a new
and more compelling example of the rules of reason
and prudence common to all men thereby establishing
an orientation or principled standpoint, which would
serve to act as a corrective to acts of deviation.
Law can condition progress, it can nourish environ-
ment conducive to progress and in the end must
interpret progress. Perhaps the proper criticism of our
profession is that we have, failed to make our voices
heard, and have neglected to help to educate the public
conscience so as to ensure constant and insistent
demand for recognition of the fact that society has a
moral purpose based upon recognition of man's self as
a person possessing intrinsic dignity and hence entitled
to an opportunity of fulfilling the potentiality of his
being.
Before concluding my remarks I would like to express
my gratitude to my two vice-Presidents and the Mem-
bers of the Council for the way in which they
supported me during my year of office now drawing to
a close. The complexity and responsibility of the
Society's work is increasing from year to year and the
duties of a President are becoming more onerous. My
experience and I am sure that of my predecessors in
office has been that no Member of the Council ever
failed in supporting the President or in carrying out
any job however difficult which they may he asked to
perform. For this I am personally grateful. I would
also like to pay tribute to the Secretariat, Mr. Gavan
Duffy and to Mr. Fitzpatrick and the office staff with
whom I had the opportunity of close association during
my year of office.
I now have pleasure in moving the adoption of the
Report of the Council. The motion was seconded by
Mr. Gerard Doyle.
Messrs. J. F. Buckley, Quentin Crivon, John
Donovan and Walter Beatty addressed the meeting on
various matters arising on the Report. The President
stated that the questions raised and observations made
would be carefully considered by the Council. He then
put the motion to the meeting and it was passed
unanimously.
Thursday 23rd November 1972 was appointed as the
date of the next Ordinary General Meeting of the
Society.
Mr. D. B. Gilmore then moved that the Senior Vice-
President should take the chair. Mr. James W.
O'Donovan then took the chair and Mr. Gilmore then
moved a vote of thanks to the President for his dis-
tinguished service to the Society during the year. Mr.
O'Donovan addressed the meeting on the motion
which was carried with acclamation. The President
returned thanks and the chairman declared the meeting
closed.
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