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well, thomas jefferson. thomas jefferson is a man who has a background that similarities to washington. he's 11 years younger, not that much difference in age, but he's not military. thomas jefferson's, he had a father that was a robber man who was also a surveyor for lord fairfax and established the fairfax stone, which i visited at the western extremity of maryland and west virginia, served saying the western edge of large fairfax property, peter jefferson there's a map that peter jefferson and joshua fry make in 1751 that washington uses when he's going there. bounds so he was kind of a burly outdoors guy. he dies when thomas jefferson is 14 and basically thomas jefferson is a rich at age 14, washing up to son of a second marriage, totally different multiple brothers doesn't inherit much money, inherits three slaves. jefferson inherits a hundred and and his father is the mapmaker, not him. and the father was the father was the map maker. jefferson establishes environments and you can see the final ones th
well, thomas jefferson. thomas jefferson is a man who has a background that similarities to washington. he's 11 years younger, not that much difference in age, but he's not military. thomas jefferson's, he had a father that was a robber man who was also a surveyor for lord fairfax and established the fairfax stone, which i visited at the western extremity of maryland and west virginia, served saying the western edge of large fairfax property, peter jefferson there's a map that peter jefferson...
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thomas jefferson. mr. john adams and dr. benjamin. these three gentlemen know the words the declaration better than anyone else. all three served on the committee to draft declaration and mr. jefferson was the primary author and to read the names of the 56 signers of the declaration. we are proud to have private edward ned hector of the third pennsylvania artillery company, free black colonial soldier, patriot and hero. and. finally, you're not off the hook, going to have some audience participation just as our colonial forefathers would have done as our special guest read the grievances against king. watch for james thornton. where are you, james? watch for james morton historical abolitionist philadelphia sail maker and our town crier. today he'll by our volunteers holding the signs, telling us when we will express our displeasure with a hearty boo. can we try it boo? you can do better than that. can we do it? that was a voice from somewhere back here. can you do better than that. and now the declaration of end dependance. what we'r
thomas jefferson. mr. john adams and dr. benjamin. these three gentlemen know the words the declaration better than anyone else. all three served on the committee to draft declaration and mr. jefferson was the primary author and to read the names of the 56 signers of the declaration. we are proud to have private edward ned hector of the third pennsylvania artillery company, free black colonial soldier, patriot and hero. and. finally, you're not off the hook, going to have some audience...
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to thomas jefferson, all men are equal in the eyes of god.st be treated as individuals who have each the life to right, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. of course, practice did not conform to the ideals in jefferson's life or in ours as a nation. he agonized repeatedly about the conflict between the institution of slavery and the fine words of the declaration. yet, during his whole life he was a slave owner. ♪♪ >> this is the city, the capital of the indian state, one of the elegant houses built here 150 years ago by the prince who ruled this land. there are no more princes, no more maharaja's today, all titles swept away by the government of india in its quest for society. as you can see here today there are those who still live a privileged life. the descendents of the maharajas financed this partly by using them as hotels for tourists who come to india to see how the other half lives. this side of india, the exotic glamorous side is still very real. everywhere in the world, there are gross inequalities of income and wealth. they offe
to thomas jefferson, all men are equal in the eyes of god.st be treated as individuals who have each the life to right, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. of course, practice did not conform to the ideals in jefferson's life or in ours as a nation. he agonized repeatedly about the conflict between the institution of slavery and the fine words of the declaration. yet, during his whole life he was a slave owner. ♪♪ >> this is the city, the capital of the indian state, one of the...
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what did thomas jefferson mean by the words all men are created equal. he surely did not mean that they were equal and or identical in what they could do, or in what they believed. after all, he was himself the most remarkable person. at the age of 26. he designed this beautiful house in monticello, supervised it to construct and indeed is said to have worked on it with his own hands. he was an inventor, a scholar, an author, a statesman, governor of virginia, president of the united states, minister to france. he helped shape and create the united states. what he meant by the word equal can be seen in the phrase endowed by their creator to thomas jefferson. all men are equal in the eyes of god. they all must be treated as individuals who have each separately a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. of course, practice did not conform to the ideals in jefferson's life or an ours as a nation. he agonized repeatedly during his lifetime about the conflict between the institution of slavery and the fine words of the declaration. yet during his
what did thomas jefferson mean by the words all men are created equal. he surely did not mean that they were equal and or identical in what they could do, or in what they believed. after all, he was himself the most remarkable person. at the age of 26. he designed this beautiful house in monticello, supervised it to construct and indeed is said to have worked on it with his own hands. he was an inventor, a scholar, an author, a statesman, governor of virginia, president of the united states,...
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adams, abraham lincoln gore vidal, and now thomas jefferson in his masterly pen. kaplan offers us a biography of thomas jefferson by giving an english professor's kind attention to jefferson's written words. jefferson only published one book in his lifetime notes on the state of virginia. but, of course, jefferson wrote consul treatises like a summary view of the rights of british north america legal briefs, memoranda the declaration of independence, and above all letters, thousands of them, which kaplan calls among his most powerful and revealing writings throughout his masterly pen, kaplan brings a skilled biographers attention to how jefferson reveals himself through his writing, often without without intending to, as kaplan says of notes on the state of virginia. it's a book about jefferson partly because jefferson did not want it to, a book about himself. the jefferson we meet here is not surprisingly learned and forceful. but kaplan also shows this jefferson as a writer who's often evasive with holding anxious self-pity and inconsistent, eager to shield hims
adams, abraham lincoln gore vidal, and now thomas jefferson in his masterly pen. kaplan offers us a biography of thomas jefferson by giving an english professor's kind attention to jefferson's written words. jefferson only published one book in his lifetime notes on the state of virginia. but, of course, jefferson wrote consul treatises like a summary view of the rights of british north america legal briefs, memoranda the declaration of independence, and above all letters, thousands of them,...
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to thomas jefferson, all men are equal in the eyes of god.yin all must be treated as individuals who have each separately the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happynesspp. of course, practice did not conform to the ideals. in jefferson's life or ours is a nation. he agonized repeatedly during his lifetime about the conflict between the institution of slavery get during his whole life he was a slave owner. this is the city in the indian state. it's just one of the elegant houses that were built here 150 years ago by the prince who ruled this land. there are no more in india today. all titles were swept away by the government of india and its quest for equality. but there are still some people to give a very privileged bike. they defined this kind of life by using other palaces as hotels for tourists. this side of india, the exotic glamorous side is still very real. everywhere in the world there are gross inequalities of income and wealthd . the myth has grown up that free-market capitalism increases such that the rich benefit at the e
to thomas jefferson, all men are equal in the eyes of god.yin all must be treated as individuals who have each separately the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happynesspp. of course, practice did not conform to the ideals. in jefferson's life or ours is a nation. he agonized repeatedly during his lifetime about the conflict between the institution of slavery get during his whole life he was a slave owner. this is the city in the indian state. it's just one of the elegant houses that...
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was thomas jefferson born in the united states? no, because the rest of that line is or a citizen of the united states at the time of the adoption of this constitution. no. the reason alexander hamilton was not president of united states was. well, yeah, he got shot. but you know why he got shot? well, lin-manuel miranda notwithstanding landing, he was a jerk. people did not like him. he was pushy, as could be. even john adams, who was his ally, despite praised him because hamilton kept under meaning. john adams and in fact, so hamilton could have been president of the united states if he had, if anybody ever would have voted for him. but nobody would because they just didn't like him, which does bring up something that's really important in the context of american elective politics and the politics actually of any democ racy. if you think about it, elections in democracies are at the bottom popular early contests. who do you like? and i studied the presidency long enough to conclude that if you know who the two candidates are and
was thomas jefferson born in the united states? no, because the rest of that line is or a citizen of the united states at the time of the adoption of this constitution. no. the reason alexander hamilton was not president of united states was. well, yeah, he got shot. but you know why he got shot? well, lin-manuel miranda notwithstanding landing, he was a jerk. people did not like him. he was pushy, as could be. even john adams, who was his ally, despite praised him because hamilton kept under...
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jefferson and thomas paine. the lexicon grew for noah webster, abraham clerk who was the signing of the declaration of independence from new jersey and many others agree that some degree of economic equality was indispensable to the health of our republic. in addition to the remove or reduction of property qualifications for voting and holding office that brought many lower class white men into the political process. the revolutionaries also adopted a variety of changes to inheritance law, tax policy and even military staffing that helped transform the social order, diminished the power of established. one of the most immediate and direct impacts economic inequality stemmed from the confiscate of loyalist property because the wealthiest individuals, many communities were loyalists. this includes people. joseph galloway of pennsylvania was one of the richest men in america at the time. the confiscation of their property actually had the effect of removing those skewed the distribution of wealth in ways that alarm
jefferson and thomas paine. the lexicon grew for noah webster, abraham clerk who was the signing of the declaration of independence from new jersey and many others agree that some degree of economic equality was indispensable to the health of our republic. in addition to the remove or reduction of property qualifications for voting and holding office that brought many lower class white men into the political process. the revolutionaries also adopted a variety of changes to inheritance law, tax...
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adams, abraham lincoln, , gore vidal, and now thomas jefferson. in this naturally tend he offers us thehe park that thomas jefferson by giving english professors kind of attention to jefferson's written words. jefferson only published one book in his lifetime, notes on the state of virginia, but, of course, jefferson wrote constantly. treatises like a summary view of the rights of british north america, legal briefs, memoranda, the declaration of independence, and above all, letters, thousandstt of them whh kaplan calls america's most powerful and revealing writings. throughout his "his masterly pen" he brings a skilled attention to jefferson reveals himself through his writing, often without intending to. as kaplan says of notes on the state of virginia, it's a book about jefferson partly because jefferson did not want it to be a book about himself. the jefferson we meet here is, and not surprisingly, learned, precise and forceful. but kaplan also shows us jefferson as a writer who's often evasive, withholding, anxious, self protective and incons
adams, abraham lincoln, , gore vidal, and now thomas jefferson. in this naturally tend he offers us thehe park that thomas jefferson by giving english professors kind of attention to jefferson's written words. jefferson only published one book in his lifetime, notes on the state of virginia, but, of course, jefferson wrote constantly. treatises like a summary view of the rights of british north america, legal briefs, memoranda, the declaration of independence, and above all, letters,...
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to thomas jefferson, all men are equal in the eyes of god. be treated as individuals who have separately a right the life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. of course, practice did not conform to the ideals. in jefferson's life or in ours as a nation, he agonized repeatedly during his lifetime about the conflict between the institution of slavery and the fine words of the declaration. yet during his whole life he was a slave owner. ♪ >> this is the capital of the indian state of -- it's just one of the elegant houses that were built here a 150 years ago by the prince who ruled this land. there are no more princes, no more ma that rajas in india today. all titles were swept away by the government of india in its quest for equality. but as you can see, there are still some people here who live a very privileged life. the degeneral about thes -- descendants financed this partly byby using other palaces as hotl for tourists, tourists who come to indialf to see how the other half lives. this side of india, the exotic, glamorous side is still v
to thomas jefferson, all men are equal in the eyes of god. be treated as individuals who have separately a right the life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. of course, practice did not conform to the ideals. in jefferson's life or in ours as a nation, he agonized repeatedly during his lifetime about the conflict between the institution of slavery and the fine words of the declaration. yet during his whole life he was a slave owner. ♪ >> this is the capital of the indian state of --...
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in the 1800 election, thomas jefferson ran on free speech.speech should also be the focus of the 2024 election. thomas jefferson won because he was able to show how the opponents of jon adams were being arrested. how there was a cracked out on free speech under the alien and sedition acts and the american people rejected that legacy. it is partially because it is in our dna. the american people are not really behind the anti- free speech movement. this is the most dangerous anti- free speech movement in our history because of this alliance of universities. and the media and the government and corporations. we have never had that alliance come together against free speech. but it is not a popular movement it came originally from higher education. polls show the public still has this instinctual opposition to censorship. that is why joe biden and vice president harris should be forced to defend the censorship system that a federal court called orwellian. they have spent four years fighting every effort to disclose what they have been doing with
in the 1800 election, thomas jefferson ran on free speech.speech should also be the focus of the 2024 election. thomas jefferson won because he was able to show how the opponents of jon adams were being arrested. how there was a cracked out on free speech under the alien and sedition acts and the american people rejected that legacy. it is partially because it is in our dna. the american people are not really behind the anti- free speech movement. this is the most dangerous anti- free speech...
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keep going and saying it is ridiculous to be calling thomas jefferson.t really is. >> it really is a game of telephone with dead slaveholders is no way to run a country. [laughter] i've got to say. i think you were raising some really interesting points, victoria. and i'm trying to remember what i had. there was something you said that then you said so many good things afterwards and i was just going along the train. i did make a category mistake about the constitution. we teach about the court. if you go around, these logbooks are around five inches big. people have contempt for congress and if you have content you are just going to get contemptuous people. this court is confusing itself for the constitution. it thinks it is above. in the founders would be rolling over in their graves. they didn't want a king. justice sotomayor, you should read her dissent. they didn't. dark cap thank you for saying all this because it also helps me remember what i was thinking. because you are talking about this authoritarian threat. and they kind of see originalism as
keep going and saying it is ridiculous to be calling thomas jefferson.t really is. >> it really is a game of telephone with dead slaveholders is no way to run a country. [laughter] i've got to say. i think you were raising some really interesting points, victoria. and i'm trying to remember what i had. there was something you said that then you said so many good things afterwards and i was just going along the train. i did make a category mistake about the constitution. we teach about the...
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jefferson, hosted by the national archives. at 7:00 p.m. eastern, watch american history tv series historic convention speeches, featuring notable remarks by presidential nominees and other political figures for the past several decades. this week, rainbow push coalition founder jesse jackson spoke at the 1988 democratic national convention in atlanta after losing the party's nomination to massachusetts governor michael dukakis. exploring the american story. watch american history tv saturday on c-span two and find a full schedule on your program guide or watch online atny time at c-span.org/history. >> nonfiction book lovers c-span needs a number of the covers for you. in the about books podcast takes you behind-the-scenes of the nonfiction book with insider interviews, industry updates and bestsellers list. find all of our podcasts by downloading the free c-span now at or wherever you get your podcasts, and on our
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distinguished professor scholar 19th centuryas literature mark twain henry james and now thomas jefferson notes of the state of virginia like a summit review of the rights of british north americath legal briefs, memoran, the declaration of independence and above all letters. thousands of them. which calls among his most powerful and revealing writings. throughout his match with penn kaplaner brings a skilled biographers attention to how jefferson reveals himself through his, writings, often without intending too. as kaplan says of notes on state of virginia it's a book about jefferson partly because jefferson did not want it to be a book about himself. the jefferson wheat meat here is a not surprisingly learned precise and forceful. kaplan also showsje us a jeffern as a writer who is evasive withholding, anxious, self perfected andie inconsistent. eager to shield himself from responsibility and blame. kaplan's biography is a great read in its own right. jefferson is not the only one with the. master pen around her. please join me and welcoming fred kaplan. [applause] >> thank you, john.
distinguished professor scholar 19th centuryas literature mark twain henry james and now thomas jefferson notes of the state of virginia like a summit review of the rights of british north americath legal briefs, memoran, the declaration of independence and above all letters. thousands of them. which calls among his most powerful and revealing writings. throughout his match with penn kaplaner brings a skilled biographers attention to how jefferson reveals himself through his, writings, often...
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thomas jefferson drafted the declaration and i think we can call that a revolutionary object. when she was sunk in the battle in lake champlain in october of 1776 and then raised up and brought to the museum in the 60s clearly revolutionary objectsow. what are the other 248 so we are embarking on a really exciting journey to think about the centennial. and in ways that are both kind of predictable that you wouldou want to come to the summer of 2026 but also ways to get you thinking about the quiet revolution czar or major revolutions are. in the community life division they brought forth the first commercially produced crockpot and other revolutionary objects. for the first time you could put that on in the morning and come back eight hoursrnck later and actually have dinner. so we find those entry points into the past where people identify with an object andwe because we have such a rich collection thereth are so many o choose from and then you can really take them on a journey with them and they can help us with their reactions and contributions to our understanding to creat
thomas jefferson drafted the declaration and i think we can call that a revolutionary object. when she was sunk in the battle in lake champlain in october of 1776 and then raised up and brought to the museum in the 60s clearly revolutionary objectsow. what are the other 248 so we are embarking on a really exciting journey to think about the centennial. and in ways that are both kind of predictable that you wouldou want to come to the summer of 2026 but also ways to get you thinking about the...
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this is hardly what the third president of the united states, thomas jefferson, whose monument this is had in mind when he defined a wise, frugal government as one which restrained men from injuring each other and them otherwise free to, regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement. ever since the corvair affair, the us government increasingly been muscling in between buyer and seller. in the marketplaces of america. by thomas jefferson's standards, what we have today is not a wise and frugal government, but a spendthrift and snooping government. the federal regulations that govern our lives are available in many places. one set is here in the library of congress in, washington, d.c. in 1936, the federal government established the federal register to record all of the regulations, hearings and other matters connected with the agencies in washington. this is volume one. number one, in 1936, it took three volumes like this to record these matters. in 1937, it took. and then it grew and grew. and. at first, rather slowly. and gradually. but even so, by year, it took a bigger an
this is hardly what the third president of the united states, thomas jefferson, whose monument this is had in mind when he defined a wise, frugal government as one which restrained men from injuring each other and them otherwise free to, regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement. ever since the corvair affair, the us government increasingly been muscling in between buyer and seller. in the marketplaces of america. by thomas jefferson's standards, what we have today is not a wise...
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it was during covid, and i noticed both benjamin franklin and thomas jefferson had chosen as the core of happiness a book by cicero i'd never heard of called the tuscan disputation. and when jefferson was old and people ask him, what's the meaning of happiness, he would offer this book and the definition from cicero that he offered of happiness had to do with virtue. cicero said he has achieved a tranquility of mind who's neither unduly exuberant or unusually despondent. he is achieve the virtue and the calm tranquility of soul of which we are in quest. he's the happy, man. and then i saw that franklin also when he came up with a list of 13 virtues for daily also chose the cicero book and a motto that said without happiness cannot be. so i thought, i've got to read the cicero. what else to read? then i found this golden list that jefferson would send to who asked him when he was old how to an educated person and others. it's a marvelous list. it includes literature and political philosophy and history law. jefferson includes only what you have to read, but the time of day you have to
it was during covid, and i noticed both benjamin franklin and thomas jefferson had chosen as the core of happiness a book by cicero i'd never heard of called the tuscan disputation. and when jefferson was old and people ask him, what's the meaning of happiness, he would offer this book and the definition from cicero that he offered of happiness had to do with virtue. cicero said he has achieved a tranquility of mind who's neither unduly exuberant or unusually despondent. he is achieve the...
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[applause] our cause has been, since the days of thomas jefferson, the cause of the common man and themon woman. our commitment has been, since the days of andrew jackson, to all those he called the humble members of society -- the farmers, mechanics, and laborers. on this foundation we have defined our values, refined our policies and refreshed our faith. now i take the unusual step of carrying the cause and the commitment of my campaign personally to our national convention. i speak out of a deep sense of urgency about the anguish and anxiety i have seen across america. i speak out of a deep belief in the ideals of the democratic party, and in the potential of that party and of a president to make a difference. and i speak out of a deep trust in our capacity to proceed with boldness and a common vision that will feel and heal the suffering of our time and the divisions of our party. [applause] the economic plank of this platform on its face concerns only material things, but it is also a moral issue that i raise tonight. it has taken many forms over many years. in this campaign and i
[applause] our cause has been, since the days of thomas jefferson, the cause of the common man and themon woman. our commitment has been, since the days of andrew jackson, to all those he called the humble members of society -- the farmers, mechanics, and laborers. on this foundation we have defined our values, refined our policies and refreshed our faith. now i take the unusual step of carrying the cause and the commitment of my campaign personally to our national convention. i speak out of a...
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if thomas jefferson, alexander hamilton, john j.nd george washington were rocking the streets of washington, d.c. today they would find it unrecognizable. most laws are really not laws made anymore through the branches of the congressional llama can process. they are rules -- congressional lawmaking process. they are rules written by bureaucrats in three letter agencies who were never elected to their positions but our writing fiats that effectively have the binding force of the rule of law. i believe this is the central cancer at the heart of the american soul today. i believe that this is the greatest threat to our own sovereignty, not some threat abroad, but a threat that begins right here at home. the people we elect to run the government are no longer the one to actually run the government. and the good news is we live in an era where we have had an unprecedented opportunity to actually take that on in the wake of supreme court decisions that have come on high in the last three years, starting from west virginia versus epa in 2
if thomas jefferson, alexander hamilton, john j.nd george washington were rocking the streets of washington, d.c. today they would find it unrecognizable. most laws are really not laws made anymore through the branches of the congressional llama can process. they are rules -- congressional lawmaking process. they are rules written by bureaucrats in three letter agencies who were never elected to their positions but our writing fiats that effectively have the binding force of the rule of law. i...