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abigail was an abolitionist and shortly after john adams was inaugurated, and abigail wasn't there at the time. that was not a typical first lady. martha was not there for george's inauguration either. but martha had written a letter at one point in her life to john which said that and fortunately how could they, the southerners, reconcile human bondage with the ideology of freedoms that america had fought for. and abigail hired a free african-american named james, who worked at their farm. and during the early days of the atlas administration, she wrote to her husband about a rather upsetting incident in which she was trying to get james educated. and she believed in education. she was part of a first education, first lady. and so she fought for him to attend to local school. but there was a neighbor who objected and she responds to that neighbor. and she told her husband with the question, is this the christian principle of doing to others as we would have others do to us? abigail eventually prevailed, not surprisingly, and james was educated after abigail. the next first lady, to s
abigail was an abolitionist and shortly after john adams was inaugurated, and abigail wasn't there at the time. that was not a typical first lady. martha was not there for george's inauguration either. but martha had written a letter at one point in her life to john which said that and fortunately how could they, the southerners, reconcile human bondage with the ideology of freedoms that america had fought for. and abigail hired a free african-american named james, who worked at their farm. and...
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but the question of how power is exercised to adam, to abigail. he says, we were going to preserve our masculine system. that's his phrase for how we organize the powers of government to. sullivan he writes back, and he says, power to be directed by people who own property. and so that's the place. that's the place where, from my point of view, they made the mistake. they established a commitment to basic natural rights for all human beings, but believed was possible to secure those and deliver those in ways appropriate to different people in different circumstances, based on the reservation of power to a few, abigail's challenged. abigail rather challenged. adams said to him, you know men have not a good track record with regard to their exercise of power over or for women or husbands actually put it over wives habit of tyranny. so what she to paraphrase but she was ready to give him and his colleagues another chance but that you know if it did not deliver as promised she expected that women would to, in her words, foment a rebellion for a voice
but the question of how power is exercised to adam, to abigail. he says, we were going to preserve our masculine system. that's his phrase for how we organize the powers of government to. sullivan he writes back, and he says, power to be directed by people who own property. and so that's the place. that's the place where, from my point of view, they made the mistake. they established a commitment to basic natural rights for all human beings, but believed was possible to secure those and deliver...
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so i to think of him as actually the son of abigail adams. there is a resemblance to abigail and there is. well, one of the treasures that is in this room is right here. what is this? this is the desk on which the treaty of paris was signed, which ended the american revolution. the american revolution? who signed it. well, if we look, we can see john adams. benjamin franklin and john jay. is that the original of paris that we're looking at? this is a copy. but the desk is real. the desk is the absolute that everyone sat and signed. now this desk was also used in a new miniseries. yes. executive produced by author stacy schiff. that's correct. and we were certainly interested in this series because it explores a life of benjamin franklin in paris right at the time that he became a diplomat and some extraordinary things brought france into the american revolution and allowed us a clear advantage. to get this desk over to paris. mm hmm. what. what did that entail? oh, it was extraordinary. with something like a national treasure. certainly, we.
so i to think of him as actually the son of abigail adams. there is a resemblance to abigail and there is. well, one of the treasures that is in this room is right here. what is this? this is the desk on which the treaty of paris was signed, which ended the american revolution. the american revolution? who signed it. well, if we look, we can see john adams. benjamin franklin and john jay. is that the original of paris that we're looking at? this is a copy. but the desk is real. the desk is the...
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have abigail adams 1000 pieces of correspondence but we might not have had them at. her husband first of all been away not been away and then became famous because she's related to a famous person. she's not the only woman, although it would have been much because of the literacy the privilege and the leisure. none of that. but we've lost so much. we we erased native american languages, so we don't have of those. we don't have enough women's records. i'm so grateful for the original slave narratives that were written by survivors and collected by fisk university in the 1950s. continued by a wpa project in the thirties. and now you're continuing that legacy without building locks. if you all are printing out your emails. there's going to be no work for people like pam. oh, there'll be work. we'll anyone else on some of the some of the early origins. not even necessarily limited to the back and cargo. well we were when we were talking about this panel and i want to say, first of all, david rubenstein, you've done an amazing for civics education and archives and drawing
have abigail adams 1000 pieces of correspondence but we might not have had them at. her husband first of all been away not been away and then became famous because she's related to a famous person. she's not the only woman, although it would have been much because of the literacy the privilege and the leisure. none of that. but we've lost so much. we we erased native american languages, so we don't have of those. we don't have enough women's records. i'm so grateful for the original slave...
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but she was very well like the adams abigail's family. he was a he was a of a pastor and he came from farmers. they didn't definitely father. her father was the pastor. and in fact, married the two. the mother didn't approve of him. there's really many cases like that. very few did they marry down? and i guess that's a sign of the perhaps of the ambition to start out with, because you can use a i mean, look at how many were helped by the wives making money. i mean, mrs. lbj's wife had all made all that money in the tv and the radio station, and he couldn't have, you know, he couldn't have run all those campaigns with them. and abigail took care of the farm and did different things to back his his career. anyway, that was the lesson there for all single people here on valentine's day. but thank you for that reminder. or did you have another day? i just wanted to follow up on what you just said, that they married up. did you find that even though there was some interest other than love, that many of the love even of those who married up, th
but she was very well like the adams abigail's family. he was a he was a of a pastor and he came from farmers. they didn't definitely father. her father was the pastor. and in fact, married the two. the mother didn't approve of him. there's really many cases like that. very few did they marry down? and i guess that's a sign of the perhaps of the ambition to start out with, because you can use a i mean, look at how many were helped by the wives making money. i mean, mrs. lbj's wife had all made...
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. >> go [ bleep ] yourself san diego. [ ♪♪ ] >> jesse: america's first vice president john adams onced to his wife abigail that the office of the vice presidency is in the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived. here each human called the vice presidency about as useful as accounts. is that the vice president was just a standby equipment. walter called the job the fire hydrant of the nation. but it wasn't what the vice president did an office, it's what they did to get in there. when jfk desperately needed the southern vote it was lyndon johnson who helped carried home. when jimmy carter, a long shot one term georgia governor you backing of the washington establishment he picked walter mondale. who came with decade-long experience under his belt. and when black freshman senator barack obama needed a white guy, familiar with foreign policy, he tapped joe biden. but now, joe biden is the one who needs help. >> we are holding the election in the palm of our hands are not listening. >> with no trust in joe biden. >> reporter: the ca
. >> go [ bleep ] yourself san diego. [ ♪♪ ] >> jesse: america's first vice president john adams onced to his wife abigail that the office of the vice presidency is in the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived. here each human called the vice presidency about as useful as accounts. is that the vice president was just a standby equipment. walter called the job the fire hydrant of the nation. but it wasn't what the vice...
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eastern philosophy and adams is so excited to learn that pythagoras may have traveled and read the hindu vedas with, the masters of the east, and he just the thing he most wants to know is whether joseph priestley, the great utility varian, lived long enough to complete his of the bhagavad gita and jefferson says good news. he lived. he finished. i'll get you a copy from paris and jefferson and adams is so thrilled that he's going to get that book and just so moving to think of how excited john adams was to learn about connection and then how easy this for me and i can just sit on my and read the book about gita and read those books. and in 1859 so as we were just saying before the show started, terrible, the darkest moment for our country's history. and yet the debates between and haines in 1830, which are a prelude to secession and introduce the south carolina of nullification which they got from jefferson they're quoting shakespeare and banquo. they are trading meaningful illusions and metaphors. the level is high. they were so educated and not all of them to fancy schools. they read
eastern philosophy and adams is so excited to learn that pythagoras may have traveled and read the hindu vedas with, the masters of the east, and he just the thing he most wants to know is whether joseph priestley, the great utility varian, lived long enough to complete his of the bhagavad gita and jefferson says good news. he lived. he finished. i'll get you a copy from paris and jefferson and adams is so thrilled that he's going to get that book and just so moving to think of how excited john...
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i am the executive director of the adam society at the manhattan institute. and on behalf of the manhattan, it is my pleasure to welcome to tonight's discussion with abigail shrier and her new bo
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i am the executive director of the adam society at the manhattan institute. and on behalf of the manhattan, it is my pleasure to welcome to tonight's discussion with abigail shrier and her new book, bad therapy. the kids aren't growing up. abigail shrier has long been raising the alarm and troubling new trends. the development of our children. her book, irreversible damage of the siren call of transgender among teenage girls. this new book, an investigation the mental health industry promises to be equally important to parents and to all who care about the development of the next generation. as many here know, manhattan institute is an organization dedicated to keeping america and its great cities, prosperous, safe and free. to our magazine city journal. and with gatherings like this, the manhattan institute amplifies and fearless voices like abigail's that stand up to conventional wisdom, to today's most pressing challenges. we are grateful to, our supporters and friends here with us this evening for your engagement in our community and for your support that
i am the executive director of the adam society at the manhattan institute. and on behalf of the manhattan, it is my pleasure to welcome to tonight's discussion with abigail shrier and her new book, bad therapy. the kids aren't growing up. abigail shrier has long been raising the alarm and troubling new trends. the development of our children. her book, irreversible damage of the siren call of transgender among teenage girls. this new book, an investigation the mental health industry promises...