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Dave Sunday: “In the course of my life as a district attorney, as an ADA…”

Featuring: Dave Sunday, Republican | Attorney General-elect of Pennsylvania

Attorney General Dave Sunday Gives Commencement Speech at Widener University Commonwealth Law School

Published June 13, 2026 | Video Starts at 15:12

So don't stand still. And I want to share with you a very brief story that I have reflected on for many, many years. In the course of my life as a district attorney, as an ADA before that, as a federal prosecutor, and I still reflect on it as the Attorney General. So if any of you have not read the book, Courage is Calling, Fortune Favors the Brave. I ask you to go get. Was early in his military career that Ulysses S. (15:12–15:20)

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Asserts that Dave Sunday has served as a district attorney, an ADA, a federal prosecutor, and reflects on these experiences as the Attorney General.

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“I am Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday.”
Attorney General Dave Sunday Gives Commencement Speech at Widener University Commonwealth Law School | Uploaded June 13, 2026 | 04:47-04:53
“I joined the Navy right out of high school.”
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“I was an E1, which meant that I swabbed decks, I chipped paint.”
Attorney General Dave Sunday Gives Commencement Speech at Widener University Commonwealth Law School | Uploaded June 13, 2026 | 06:47-06:52
“Throughout my deployments to the Persian Gulf, South America, and the Caribbean, it was an experience that absolutely shaped the rest of my…”
Attorney General Dave Sunday Gives Commencement Speech at Widener University Commonwealth Law School | Uploaded June 13, 2026 | 06:55-07:05
“I did clerk for a judge in York county, the Honorable Joseph c. Adams.”
Attorney General Dave Sunday Gives Commencement Speech at Widener University Commonwealth Law School | Uploaded June 13, 2026 | 08:19-08:24
“I ended up starting with in a courtroom, hoping for the best to ultimately prosecuting 21st degree murder, jury cases, attempted murders of…”
Attorney General Dave Sunday Gives Commencement Speech at Widener University Commonwealth Law School | Uploaded June 13, 2026 | 08:51-09:05
“We did a tremendous, tremendous amount of work with the opioid epidemic.”
Attorney General Dave Sunday Gives Commencement Speech at Widener University Commonwealth Law School | Uploaded June 13, 2026 | 09:05-09:10
“In law school, they don't teach you about addiction, but we had to learn really quick.”
Attorney General Dave Sunday Gives Commencement Speech at Widener University Commonwealth Law School | Uploaded June 13, 2026 | 09:09-09:13
“I literally was going to Manufacturers, asking them to hire people that were coming out of prison.”
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“The legal profession, and frankly, our society depends on people who think differently, who have varied backgrounds, who challenge…”
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“You can't advocate for people that you don't understand.”
Attorney General Dave Sunday Gives Commencement Speech at Widener University Commonwealth Law School | Uploaded June 13, 2026 | 11:12-11:15
“You're entering a profession that holds immense responsibility.”
Attorney General Dave Sunday Gives Commencement Speech at Widener University Commonwealth Law School | Uploaded June 13, 2026 | 12:00-12:05
“No one succeeds by themselves.”
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“I have had absolutely fantastic days in my career, and I have had tremendously, tremendously difficult ones.”
Attorney General Dave Sunday Gives Commencement Speech at Widener University Commonwealth Law School | Uploaded June 13, 2026 | 14:08-14:17
“For me, that meant a career in public service. It took me around the world and it brought me home.”
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