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i condemn slavery so did jefferson. i don't condemn jefferson. i, i don't know that i would have done any better if i been in jefferson's position, born into his virginia and into his family. and i don't find it easy to put myself into the shoes of someone from the past and be judgmental all because i know that we are all so much a proud act of circumstance says considerably beyond our control. jefferson was hated in his own, of course, just as to some extent he's hated now. he's hated as a jacobean revolutionary, as a, theist as and agnostic, as a populist demagogue. he was also a president to preached against strong executive but excess, very strong executive power when he felt it was in his ideological and his view of the nation's selfish to do so. for example, of course, the louisiana purchased a it was also a man who preached against and detested actually more than preached. again, she detested a lot of the things we take for granted as desirable like banks and banking and wall street and industry any sizable way. and he certainly detested i
i condemn slavery so did jefferson. i don't condemn jefferson. i, i don't know that i would have done any better if i been in jefferson's position, born into his virginia and into his family. and i don't find it easy to put myself into the shoes of someone from the past and be judgmental all because i know that we are all so much a proud act of circumstance says considerably beyond our control. jefferson was hated in his own, of course, just as to some extent he's hated now. he's hated as a...
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yes, jefferson was human. jefferson owned his own children. those children were freed because of the woman with whom we had children. and there were four. we say we say that we believe you said seven. we believe we had six children. for the record, and the four of them survived infancy. so so it's important to recognize that. monroe, jefferson and all the founders were flawed individuals and they made huge mistakes. and some of those mistakes we live with today, thomas jefferson was my five times great grandfather. he kicked that can down the road. as i say, we can deal with emancipation later. he did not foresee that there would be the birth of cotton in the forest. the greatest migration within a country in history. you have people disappeared down south. that was a mistake. he made a mistake. and we can't whitewash that. you have to tell the truth and we all benefit from learning the truth. and in the process of learning the truth, people who have been written out of history are in fact elevate, you know, why they were elevated? because the
yes, jefferson was human. jefferson owned his own children. those children were freed because of the woman with whom we had children. and there were four. we say we say that we believe you said seven. we believe we had six children. for the record, and the four of them survived infancy. so so it's important to recognize that. monroe, jefferson and all the founders were flawed individuals and they made huge mistakes. and some of those mistakes we live with today, thomas jefferson was my five...
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and when jefferson takes over, he the power of the federal government. unless you you you get the mail delivered. but that's it how the government never touched you in any way. there was no major army and there's no there's no except for customs duties, which you never felt so. and you had the mail coming in and that's the way you'd know you were living in the federal government. by 1810. let's take another question up here. we see a thing out here. they exist. i ask about the new army in the adams administration. how big a concern is the creation by congress? a second american army, and how serious a concern was it that hamilton leading it would use it against political enemies, i should say? this is corey sharkey runs foreign and defense policy know one of america's great experts on civil military niceties and there's always been a problem of why madison turns against the administer the washington administration because he is such a nationalist in the 1780s he would be really engineered as anyone i think if anyone's going to be the father of the consti
and when jefferson takes over, he the power of the federal government. unless you you you get the mail delivered. but that's it how the government never touched you in any way. there was no major army and there's no there's no except for customs duties, which you never felt so. and you had the mail coming in and that's the way you'd know you were living in the federal government. by 1810. let's take another question up here. we see a thing out here. they exist. i ask about the new army in the...
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you know, thomas jefferson gets his beautiful memorial in d.c. and george mason has a bench like in the shadow of. and you kind of feel like if george mason would have just been for i. i was there something you might not but then marcellus warren goes on and writes, you know, the greatest like early history of the american revolution, three volumes published in 1805. and and so some of that was so important to that generation then i i'm guessing that most american schoolchildren wouldn't be able to say who she is, except she is in the texas standards. so have both works of humanities. yeah, well, i would add in the people know who he is. i would say this john marshall, as a father story. john, john marshall. i mean, you know, chief justice who basically transformed ed the supreme court, which was pretty much nothing before he was there in a little power. and they start out they don't even have an office and there you know nobody wants to be it there trying to get somebody to be chief justice and he doesn't want it. you know, jay does want to come
you know, thomas jefferson gets his beautiful memorial in d.c. and george mason has a bench like in the shadow of. and you kind of feel like if george mason would have just been for i. i was there something you might not but then marcellus warren goes on and writes, you know, the greatest like early history of the american revolution, three volumes published in 1805. and and so some of that was so important to that generation then i i'm guessing that most american schoolchildren wouldn't be...
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that's what jefferson is responding to. there's a chapter of the book about this and i thought it would be more of the book and my original plan was how people continue to respond and her afterlife so i'm studying the beginning. really what you have is black and white abolitionists keeping her memory alive. both black and white and antislavery people use her as an example in the user poems in schools. people know who she is but what you see is a backlash against that happens that you are d.c. start and it happenedhe with jefferson in the early republic and really building by the time you get to the late 19th century. what eventually happens in the jim crow reconstruction of the jimim crow era is african-americans, she continues to be an example of achievement and so much so, she's so important and we still see the schools named after phillis wheatley and other clubs in the early 20th century. she was what you might call a poster child for letters he especially for women and when you combine that with the way styles of poetr
that's what jefferson is responding to. there's a chapter of the book about this and i thought it would be more of the book and my original plan was how people continue to respond and her afterlife so i'm studying the beginning. really what you have is black and white abolitionists keeping her memory alive. both black and white and antislavery people use her as an example in the user poems in schools. people know who she is but what you see is a backlash against that happens that you are d.c....
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thomas jefferson's philosophical anthropology, and jefferson, his body, a corporeal biography, which is intriguing, is the recipient of several fellowships from leading academic institutions, including the american antiquarian society, the google sharon institute of american history, the library company of philadelphia, the john d rockefeller library at colonial williamsburg. the is alumnus of the international center for jefferson studies, admonished fellows, as i am, and he has written for the aup blog and collaborated with the bbc world service, amongst many, many other things. delighted this evening to welcome him up here. but i'll mention one other thing. he was our member of our washington library, fellow class of 2016 and 17 and again in 2000 2021, when he was the recipient of the jim reese fellowship in leadership and george washington there. he's going to discuss his brand new book, george washington, the first american male, which is hot off the press from johns hopkins university. please, let's give a big mount vernon welcome to maurits koval sonia ratio. something very mu
thomas jefferson's philosophical anthropology, and jefferson, his body, a corporeal biography, which is intriguing, is the recipient of several fellowships from leading academic institutions, including the american antiquarian society, the google sharon institute of american history, the library company of philadelphia, the john d rockefeller library at colonial williamsburg. the is alumnus of the international center for jefferson studies, admonished fellows, as i am, and he has written for...
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so jefferson softened a little bit.e added sentences like, you know, this is only my hypothesis, that he wrote what he wrote. he never changed his mind. as an old man, " notes on the state of virginia" was still a very popular book. printers would ask him, would you like to change anything in this book? and he always saido. that applies to the dehumanizing passages about black people as much as anything else in the book. host: one set of memoirs that is available in bookstores today still is this is as grant's memoirs. -- ulysses srant'memoirs. craig:he was a wonderful writer. we sometimes forget that when he was a general, some of his orders that would go out in the battlefield were reprinted everywhere as newspapers. they introduce people to his literary style, which is concise and funny and very concrete. he was a tremendous writer. but he did not want to write a book. after his presidency, publisher after publisher said your book will be the biggest selling book of any civil w figure. will you do it? and he didn't w
so jefferson softened a little bit.e added sentences like, you know, this is only my hypothesis, that he wrote what he wrote. he never changed his mind. as an old man, " notes on the state of virginia" was still a very popular book. printers would ask him, would you like to change anything in this book? and he always saido. that applies to the dehumanizing passages about black people as much as anything else in the book. host: one set of memoirs that is available in bookstores today...
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thomas jefferson's philosophical anthropology, and jefferson, his body, a corporeal biography, which is intriguing, is the recipient of several fellowships from leading academic institutions, including the american antiquarian society, the google sharon institute of american history, the library company of philadelphia, the john d rockefeller library at colonial williamsburg. the is alumnus of the international center for jefferson studies, admonished fellows, as i am, and he has written for the aup blog and collaborated with the bbc world service, amongst many, many other things. delighted this evening to welcome him up here. but i'll mention one other thing. he was our member of our washington library, fellow class of 2016 and 17 and again in 2000 2021, when he was the recipient of the jim reese fellowship in leadership and george washington there. he's going to discuss his brand new book, george washington, the first american male, which is hot off the press from johns hopkins university. please, let's give a big mount vernon welcome to maurits koval sonia ratio. something very mu
thomas jefferson's philosophical anthropology, and jefferson, his body, a corporeal biography, which is intriguing, is the recipient of several fellowships from leading academic institutions, including the american antiquarian society, the google sharon institute of american history, the library company of philadelphia, the john d rockefeller library at colonial williamsburg. the is alumnus of the international center for jefferson studies, admonished fellows, as i am, and he has written for...
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yeah, jefferson's letter. and i'm like, would you prefer to would you prefer to be a law student now or then? and jefferson, this part in that letter that says, like you know, when it's summer, it's really great because you could read longer on both sides and. my students universally are like, i wouldn't want it to live in jefferson's time, so i'm here. i'm very impressed by jeff you i think just point is excellent i think what he says i'm really looking forward to that book. one of the things that this whole generation of of people worried about and extends way beyond just the people who are in the room was a sense ambition was corrupting that power corrupted they were trained a way to worry about that and so they worried a lot about how you restrain individ people from becoming corrupt from making the wrong decisions, from starting out thinking that they had a good goal and then somehow being twisted. so i agree with that, i think another set of their ideas just as to us to add something to the conversation
yeah, jefferson's letter. and i'm like, would you prefer to would you prefer to be a law student now or then? and jefferson, this part in that letter that says, like you know, when it's summer, it's really great because you could read longer on both sides and. my students universally are like, i wouldn't want it to live in jefferson's time, so i'm here. i'm very impressed by jeff you i think just point is excellent i think what he says i'm really looking forward to that book. one of the things...
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>> i teach that letter to my law students. >> jefferson's letter? >> jefferson's letter. would you prefer to be a lost student an hour then i jefferson as a part of the letter, when it summer it's really great because you can read longer on both sides and my students universally rely, yeah, i wouldn't want to live in jefferson's time. i'm very impressed by just. you know, i think that jeff's point is excellent. i think what he says, really the forward to that book. when of the things that this whole generation of people worried about and it extends way beyond just the people who are in the room was a sense that ambition was corrupting power. they were trained in a way to worry about that and so they worried a lot about how did you restrained individual people from becoming corrupt and from making the right decisions can, from starting out to get they had a good goal and somehow being twisted. i agree with that. i think another set of their ideas, just to add something to the conversation. very much come from their experience, beginning in 1765 with the stamp out congress
>> i teach that letter to my law students. >> jefferson's letter? >> jefferson's letter. would you prefer to be a lost student an hour then i jefferson as a part of the letter, when it summer it's really great because you can read longer on both sides and my students universally rely, yeah, i wouldn't want to live in jefferson's time. i'm very impressed by just. you know, i think that jeff's point is excellent. i think what he says, really the forward to that book. when of the...
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he's number two on the committee after jefferson.efferson was young, not very busy in philadelphia, you know, generally reclusive. adams was basically on every committee that mattered. so as a result, he was too busy to be a drafter. he did admire jefferson on a number of dimensions and again worked for the politics to have the result that jefferson get the most votes when it came time to select a committee to write a preamble for declaration of independence. so the declaration's, i believe, properly understood as adams's declaration. that's the first and most important point that then leads to a second important point, which is the one professor would made at the very end his remarks. and i was so glad that he did that. it is indeed the revolution brings us the beginning of the end of enslaved it. and it's adams who is a part of that as is ben franklin, also on the committee of five that drafted the declaration. and so immediately before the end of the revolution. so before we get to even eight states having a boston slave man befor
he's number two on the committee after jefferson.efferson was young, not very busy in philadelphia, you know, generally reclusive. adams was basically on every committee that mattered. so as a result, he was too busy to be a drafter. he did admire jefferson on a number of dimensions and again worked for the politics to have the result that jefferson get the most votes when it came time to select a committee to write a preamble for declaration of independence. so the declaration's, i believe,...
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jefferson thinks the union is going to split apart. >> mary, what is experimental? >> i love the letter you quoted, because he cut out the word in that quote, which is, washington writes to catherine mccauley, the last great experiment. we don't want to say the last, so we kind of cut it down to great experiment. i think last there, he doesn't mean the last one. but in a long line of field airmen, and what he was talking about was, at the time what was a pretty radical idea, trying to have a country ruled where sovereignty didn't lie with the king. and that is much more radical than we understand. this really came true when i was watching. like many americans, that very weird -- i will just turn the coronation on for a couple of moments because it does look very cool. even though it's what we rebelled against. it is kind of awesome. but that really struck me, how hard it is to give up monarchy, and in that kind of subject sovereignty and faith that came with monarchy. what washington was saying, can you bond a group of people together and what he calls a reasonable
jefferson thinks the union is going to split apart. >> mary, what is experimental? >> i love the letter you quoted, because he cut out the word in that quote, which is, washington writes to catherine mccauley, the last great experiment. we don't want to say the last, so we kind of cut it down to great experiment. i think last there, he doesn't mean the last one. but in a long line of field airmen, and what he was talking about was, at the time what was a pretty radical idea, trying...
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and that's what jefferson is really responding to. so there's really the last chapter of the book is about this and frankly, i thought it would be more of the book when i my original plan was and it's such a fascinating story, how people have continued to respond to her. i call it her afterlives, but so i'm starting at the beginning and i'm going to get to the message i was asking. so really, secretary, really, really. what you have is black and white abolitionists in the early republic keeping her memory alive. she's she's they are they republish her poems in william lloyd garrison's liberator, both black and white anti-slavery people use her as an example or they teach her they use they use her poems in schools so people know who she is. but what you see is a backlash against that. that happens that you can already see starting to happen with jefferson and then in the in the in the early republic and of really building by the time you get to the late 19 century but so what and what eventually happens in the jim crow reconstruction a
and that's what jefferson is really responding to. so there's really the last chapter of the book is about this and frankly, i thought it would be more of the book when i my original plan was and it's such a fascinating story, how people have continued to respond to her. i call it her afterlives, but so i'm starting at the beginning and i'm going to get to the message i was asking. so really, secretary, really, really. what you have is black and white abolitionists in the early republic keeping...
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the story started a lite bit earlier for jefferson. onhat book in the 1780's, more than a dece before he ran for esident. but it was a huge flashpoint during the elections of 1796 and especially 1800. this was whenefferson and john adams were running against each other. to reay understand why "notes" was so imptant, need to ta aboutow camign he rked ithat piod. today en somody runs for prident, they wantheir name everywhere. ey want be on tv and ma their caseirectlto voters. but it w the complete posite of that early in our hiory and for a long time in our history. if you were somebody who went out and said i shod be president, that was prf to mo voterthat you were not the right person to run for president. the idea was that you should be humble. it suld be other people advocating for you andour ideas. and since most presidents stay home and stayed quiet. there was a real public silence around john adams, arounthomas jefferson. but what that public silence did, that is vacuu right something needs to fill it. and that is where "notes on
the story started a lite bit earlier for jefferson. onhat book in the 1780's, more than a dece before he ran for esident. but it was a huge flashpoint during the elections of 1796 and especially 1800. this was whenefferson and john adams were running against each other. to reay understand why "notes" was so imptant, need to ta aboutow camign he rked ithat piod. today en somody runs for prident, they wantheir name everywhere. ey want be on tv and ma their caseirectlto voters. but it w...
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well bill, washington and jefferson and lincoln are dead. they began our democracy, but they knew the job would have to be finished by those who lived after them. and they knew that this democracy would last only as long as its citizens were willing to keep working on it. it's our government bill. from here on it's up to us. now it is my pleasure to introduce tonight's speaker. chris serb has served the chicago fire department for over 20 years and was recently promoted to deputy district
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anyone can nominate someone for the jefferson award.e us the details about what they do and their impact, for example, it could be someone who founded a non-profit or someone who has volunteered for a very long time. >> it is always the highlight of my week when we get to meet somebody from our community because, you know, you would think these are stories from all around the country, but no, these are just the people in our neighborhoods that are doing amazing things. >> they inspire us so. >> they do every time. it's amazing. and it is real unique too. it's amazing how they found their own niche to get back to the community. >> they will come up with great ideas on how to do so, so bring in those nominations. we want to hear from you. >> yes, always inspiring. >>> now remember, you can nominate your local hero for a jefferson award online at kpix.com/hero. >>> welcoming up in our next half hour, a devastating outbreak of avian flu spreads beyond sonoma county. >> sometimes you do everything right, and you still become a casualty of th
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but then you have jefferson and and lincoln.would say that are much more concerned about this has to be captured by changing opinion before. you deal with the institutions. and that brings me back to the i guess, the divergence in the founders, you know, jefferson's arguing that, you know, a revolution every couple decades is the way to go versus obviously somebody like hamilton and even madison that the institutions really to be at the center of the process and so i guess any comments or how do we think about i mean, there's this interesting sort of rebuttal to jefferson in the federalist papers. i think it's around 50. is it 49, 50, when. i madison replies that you know, this moment of founding as in i think he says something like an experiment to take a nature to repeat, you know, that there are certain facts about having just fought a war about the unity that comes with that moment that this goes to peter berkowitz this point about the danger of thinking one can have re. very often in a healthy way. so so that's why i speak
but then you have jefferson and and lincoln.would say that are much more concerned about this has to be captured by changing opinion before. you deal with the institutions. and that brings me back to the i guess, the divergence in the founders, you know, jefferson's arguing that, you know, a revolution every couple decades is the way to go versus obviously somebody like hamilton and even madison that the institutions really to be at the center of the process and so i guess any comments or how...
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among his many awards is a fourth jefferson davis award from american civil war museum and the richard nelson currents award from the lincoln forum. this morning, he will be giving a talk to us entitled from confederate cabinet to cuba john c breckinridge. his from defeat and this is also i told to note his first time using powerpoint. so it will definitely be wonderful. all right. please join me in welcoming jack. she's not joking. never used this stuff before. and this is a modest entrance. i only have six photos, but one of them. i'll show twice. thank you very much, molly. it's great. it's great to be here. great to be here. having a good time and have no responsibility for the event. that's all paul is doing. he does a magnificent job of it. i think. as paul has told you, the theme for this session is journeys and you're going to get a great variety of different of journey, starting with what gary, last night, what going to talk about is a very personal individual journey that is not just a journey in space or distance, but also in a way a journey in time and even a journey in int
among his many awards is a fourth jefferson davis award from american civil war museum and the richard nelson currents award from the lincoln forum. this morning, he will be giving a talk to us entitled from confederate cabinet to cuba john c breckinridge. his from defeat and this is also i told to note his first time using powerpoint. so it will definitely be wonderful. all right. please join me in welcoming jack. she's not joking. never used this stuff before. and this is a modest entrance. i...
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jefferson, franklin, washington. these are the records of a nation in labor. its progenitors, its heroes, and this the fruit of their struggle are the articles of confederation was a blueprint for our republic. the bill of rights, a set rules by which the people of a new nation might live in peace and personal. a freedom enjoyed today by millions whose grandfathers were not even born when this ink was wet. the union was once attacked and had to be defended. men like abraham arose from the people to lead the fight with inspired courage and great they too were authors by their words deeds. they wrote the history preserved by the library. new methods of recording history brought new media to the library's collections. these are prints of the earliest newsreels. in this old sequence, we see a parade in north africa honoring. mr. roosevelt. but this roosevelt is theodore roosevelt. the occasion, his goodwill voyage 1910 here are preserved personalities of the men who have guided destiny of the nation and represented the united states in the councils, shaped the mod
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sharon chen introduces us to this week's bay area jefferson award winner. >> there are not many rollerng rink slept in the bay area but and it comes to promoting skating in the street, he is on a roll. >> reporter: you will often find david miles jr. and golden gate park doing what he loves most. >> the skates feel great. it makes me feel alive. >> david says his passion for rollerskating ignited decades ago when he got off the bus in kansas city and discovered people skating at san francisco's iconic park. >> this energy here , just being here, it was fantastic. i love it. i have always wanted to keep that alive. >> reporter: he spun into action, dedicating his life to promoting the sport for the last 45 years. he owns the church of eight wheels, an abandoned church where he has taught skating for 10 years . his business pays for the community work he provides for free. he started the volunteer skate patrol in 1979 to monitor and help skaters and golden gate park. he has fought against a proposed ban on rollerskating in the park and he succeeded in getting a section of sixth avenue ne
sharon chen introduces us to this week's bay area jefferson award winner. >> there are not many rollerng rink slept in the bay area but and it comes to promoting skating in the street, he is on a roll. >> reporter: you will often find david miles jr. and golden gate park doing what he loves most. >> the skates feel great. it makes me feel alive. >> david says his passion for rollerskating ignited decades ago when he got off the bus in kansas city and discovered people...
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jefferson, franklin, washington. these are the records of a nation in labor. its progenitors, its heroes, and this the fruit of their struggle are the articles of confederation was a blueprint for our republic. the bill of rights, a set rules by which the people of a new nation might live in peace and personal. a freedom enjoyed today by millions whose grandfathers were not even born when this ink was wet. the union was once attacked and had to be defended. men like abraham arose from the people to lead the fight with inspired courage and great they too were authors by their words deeds. they wrote the history preserved by the library. new methods of recording history brought new media to the library's collections. these are prints of the earliest newsreels. in this old sequence, we see a parade in north africa honoring. mr. roosevelt. but this roosevelt is theodore roosevelt. the occasion, his goodwill voyage 1910 here are preserved personalities of the men who have guided destiny of the nation and represented the united states in the councils, shaped the mod
jefferson, franklin, washington. these are the records of a nation in labor. its progenitors, its heroes, and this the fruit of their struggle are the articles of confederation was a blueprint for our republic. the bill of rights, a set rules by which the people of a new nation might live in peace and personal. a freedom enjoyed today by millions whose grandfathers were not even born when this ink was wet. the union was once attacked and had to be defended. men like abraham arose from the...
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and use horses for therapy . >> a lot of you guys like to read. >> several jefferson award winners focus on literacy through storytime assemblies and tutoring that teams up family and school. using sports some will teach children discipline and confidence , and several leaders introduce arts by teaching music , offering art lessons, creating community murals, sharing ethnically diverse films . and promoting the bay area as a filmmaking destination. please do you want anything else? >> whose face are you washing? >> reporter: two women share their passion teaching english as a second language , and two longtime married couples >> good morning, would you care for some apples today? >> reporter: show a service through teamwork. >> we make a little music. >> reporter: along with father and son rabbis, number of people served the unsheltered on the streets and in encampments. >> these are comfort kits. >> reporter: with basic necessities, food bank groceries, housing opportunities and job training to start a new chapter. >> got to put your leg right there. >> reporter: some will go to great h
and use horses for therapy . >> a lot of you guys like to read. >> several jefferson award winners focus on literacy through storytime assemblies and tutoring that teams up family and school. using sports some will teach children discipline and confidence , and several leaders introduce arts by teaching music , offering art lessons, creating community murals, sharing ethnically diverse films . and promoting the bay area as a filmmaking destination. please do you want anything else?...
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well bill, washington and jefferson and lincoln are dead.cracy, but they knew the job would have to be finished by those who lived after them. and they knew that this democracy would last only as long as its citizens were willing to keep working on it. it's our government bill. from here on it's up to us.
well bill, washington and jefferson and lincoln are dead.cracy, but they knew the job would have to be finished by those who lived after them. and they knew that this democracy would last only as long as its citizens were willing to keep working on it. it's our government bill. from here on it's up to us.
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. >> but you can't ignore the fact thomas jefferson.ng people to ignors that we will not listen to thomas jefferson or founding wae illegitimate because they wereb deeply imperfect and flawed is every bit as bad as someone who will say i will entirely dismiss the fact they were slave owners. >> laura: nice look in the black t-shirt. that was very cool., but why do you think some republicans seem to have such difficulty with the american past and history? ver they get very scared when they are talking about people like thomas jefferson. >> see, look i'm open about the fact thomas jefferson was myent favorite president. he signed thion e declaration of independence, laura, at the age of 33. while also inventing the swivelo chair.ut think about that.ere these people were inventors, intellectuals and yes, alsothe founding leaders.th were theeyy imperfect?e of course, they are the same way you, in every american is pure theople very people would decryr founders for being slave ownersc and the republicans ande, t democrats alike, they are the
. >> but you can't ignore the fact thomas jefferson.ng people to ignors that we will not listen to thomas jefferson or founding wae illegitimate because they wereb deeply imperfect and flawed is every bit as bad as someone who will say i will entirely dismiss the fact they were slave owners. >> laura: nice look in the black t-shirt. that was very cool., but why do you think some republicans seem to have such difficulty with the american past and history? ver they get very scared...
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i think that's probably giving jefferson too much credit given his own personal history. there are that others who said it was just like a kind of folly that he put it in there, which i think is giving him too little credit, given what we know about, how careful of a writer he was. but i do think the pursuit of happiness is, and obviously it's not a guarantee of happiness. and i think it's quite clear that what jefferson meant was, not happiness in the sense of being jolly, probably what we today would call fulfilled and i think that saying that we should all be committed to the idea that every american should have the opportunity to make a life of her his own based her his sense of what would be fulfilling is something is a is a premise that we should be there is that should be available to everyone and we should be able to persuade people a reasonable basis for being this project. it's sort of does does call on, you know, the better aspects of ourselves as beings, as leaders should as leaders should. i mean, you know, we need we need some of our leaders to not just bemo
i think that's probably giving jefferson too much credit given his own personal history. there are that others who said it was just like a kind of folly that he put it in there, which i think is giving him too little credit, given what we know about, how careful of a writer he was. but i do think the pursuit of happiness is, and obviously it's not a guarantee of happiness. and i think it's quite clear that what jefferson meant was, not happiness in the sense of being jolly, probably what we...
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it does not talk about the federal reserve or its predecessor, so jefferson said, thomas jefferson was a strict constructionist who said the constitution does not say you are allowed to create banks and universities so you cannot create it. hamilton says anything that is necessary and proper for the good working of the government for it to achieve its ends in constitution is allowable. washington signs the bill. it becomes law. eventually, chief justice marshall, i think he almost plagiarized hamilton's arguments. they are almost exactly the same as what hamilton made to george washington in 1789. in mccullough, he says the necessary clause is the government gives congress the power to create institutions like the bank that allow us to reach the goals of the constitution and regulate commerce, collect taxes, borrow, spend, but the reason it is important is it is a decision that underlies creation of all of the federal agencies we talked about. never mentioned in the constitution either, but it is that which allows for the of the large new deal estate we have now. >> and thanks for join
it does not talk about the federal reserve or its predecessor, so jefferson said, thomas jefferson was a strict constructionist who said the constitution does not say you are allowed to create banks and universities so you cannot create it. hamilton says anything that is necessary and proper for the good working of the government for it to achieve its ends in constitution is allowable. washington signs the bill. it becomes law. eventually, chief justice marshall, i think he almost plagiarized...
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it does not talk about the federal reserve or its predecessor, so jefferson said, thomas jefferson was a strict constructionist who said the constitution does not say you are allowed to create banks and universities so you cannot create it. hamilton says anything that is necessary and proper for the good working of the government for it to achieve its ends in constitution is allowable. washington signs the bill. it becomes law. eventually, chief justice marshall, i think he almost plagiarized hamilton's arguments. they are almost exactly the same as what hamilton made to george washington in 1789. in mccullough, he says the necessary clause is the government gives congress the power to create institutions like the bank that allow us to reach the goals of the constitution and regulate commerce, collect taxes, borrow, spend, but the reason it is important is it is a decision that underlies creation of all of the federal agencies we talked about. never mentioned in the constitution either, but it is that which allows for the of the large new deal estate we have now. >> and thanks for join
it does not talk about the federal reserve or its predecessor, so jefferson said, thomas jefferson was a strict constructionist who said the constitution does not say you are allowed to create banks and universities so you cannot create it. hamilton says anything that is necessary and proper for the good working of the government for it to achieve its ends in constitution is allowable. washington signs the bill. it becomes law. eventually, chief justice marshall, i think he almost plagiarized...
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i found this amazing sentence from thomas jefferson predicting the rise of donald trump and jeffersons worried that a distant president might lose an election by a few votes, falsely claiming the election would've been stolen, and mobilize his supporters, refused to leave office. jefferson's words, he will pretend to -- downplay full possession of the reign of government. so, as jefferson and the other frontiers are frayed of demagogues we're going to put their own self-interest above that of the people, the solution for them is virtue. we need presidential candidates who will be moderate, temperate, restrained, put the interests of the country above their selfish greed and ambition, and this is key, we need citizens who will vote for leaders who will be virtuous and who will master our own partisan passions and favor the public good. i explore all this in the book. i'm so excited to share it with you, ali, and can't wait to hear what you think. >> i would love that and i think it's interesting, when you bring up the term moderate, you're not seeing political moderate. you're not seei
i found this amazing sentence from thomas jefferson predicting the rise of donald trump and jeffersons worried that a distant president might lose an election by a few votes, falsely claiming the election would've been stolen, and mobilize his supporters, refused to leave office. jefferson's words, he will pretend to -- downplay full possession of the reign of government. so, as jefferson and the other frontiers are frayed of demagogues we're going to put their own self-interest above that of...
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thomas jefferson or was it this week taking thomas jefferson in new york city.hat happened? >> i don't know if it was museum of natural history but a location where that was -- where that happened. the colonials of george washington university are reconsidering themselves. donald trump was exactly right because it is not just about the civil war or native americans, it is about america itself and if you want -- if you believe it was poisoned from the beginning, then you need to rewrite that entire history he was right over the target we're seeing jefferson we're seeing washington being the target right now. >> again, not the only things we're seeing. your home state of minnesota, pete has changed its flag and i was asking you before this. why? is there -- i don't understand because there's native american in here somewhere -- i don't know. to this generic looking flag? >> this is. this is a got a native american depiction in here that i think they didn't -- maybe the guy plowing it is a white guy. i don't know there's probably 15 different grievances they have.
thomas jefferson or was it this week taking thomas jefferson in new york city.hat happened? >> i don't know if it was museum of natural history but a location where that was -- where that happened. the colonials of george washington university are reconsidering themselves. donald trump was exactly right because it is not just about the civil war or native americans, it is about america itself and if you want -- if you believe it was poisoned from the beginning, then you need to rewrite...
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because they were writing this, when jefferson davis was on their mind, and any other ex confederate, that might declare a candidacy for the president. and they made sure, even after the pardons, and the amnesties that happened in 1870 and 1872. even the final amnesty in that had a clause in that set anybody who had been a member of the congress or the senate, from 1859 to 1863, which included jefferson davis, shall be exempted from these amnesties. because they were very concerned to protect the presidency itself from previous insurrectionists. it is simple as that. >> you know, what i love about this brief is this is really graduate level history, to put it mildly, by some of our greatest historians. you and professor lepore, professor faust. and, it is so accessible, it is so easily readable, which is not what people expect from our great scholars. they expect this kind of dense pros. and so, thank you for that. i wasn't surprised, having read you and having read professor faust, i was not surprised at that. but, one of the things that is, it is so powerful about it, is this sense
because they were writing this, when jefferson davis was on their mind, and any other ex confederate, that might declare a candidacy for the president. and they made sure, even after the pardons, and the amnesties that happened in 1870 and 1872. even the final amnesty in that had a clause in that set anybody who had been a member of the congress or the senate, from 1859 to 1863, which included jefferson davis, shall be exempted from these amnesties. because they were very concerned to protect...