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1 Wyo. L. Rev. 597 (2001)
Integrity in Leadership

handle is hein.journals/wylr1 and id is 607 raw text is: INTEGRITY IN LEADERSHIP Honorable Griffin Bell I am going to speak today on the subject of integrity in leadership. There has never been a shortage of would-be leaders for political office or for any other office, for that matter. One of the problems is that many would-be leaders are not suitable as leaders for various reasons, in- cluding lack of integrity. Some are the kinds of leaders who simply follow polls and are reminiscent of the person in the French Revolution who jumped into the head of the line of march of a mob and pronounced that he was their leader. We need leaders, but we need leaders of integrity. Character is im- portant; character does make a difference. In the Old Testament, Isaiah was asked by the Lord, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Isaiah replied, Here I am, Lord, send me. But there is more to being a leader in our time than this simple Bible verse. We may know a leader when we see one, but there is no job de- scription for picking leaders. There are, however, certain attributes to look for as qualifications for leadership of integrity. Sandburg's LIFE OF LINCOLN, in a chapter entitled, A Tree Is Best Measured When It Is Down, contains many of the tributes to Lincoln fol- lowing his assassination. One tribute was by the great Russian poet, Tol- stoy, who was asked by a group of Russian tribesmen to tell them about Lincoln. Tolstoy replied: Lincoln was a great man. He was greater than Alexander the Great and greater than George Washington. He was great because all of his words and deeds rested on four attributes of character: truth and justice, humanity and pity. Honorable Griffin Bell served as a United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals from 1961 to 1976. He also served as the United States Attor- ney General from 1977 to 1979. He is currently in private practice with the firm of King & Spalding in Atlanta, Georgia.

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