so much of the knowledge -- the little knowledge we have of patrick henry comes from william worth 1817 biography. and jefferson tried to correct work by making sure the biography did not gloss over henry's weaknesses and especially jefferson wanted to say, make sure we emphasize that henry had a love of money and he would do anything for a dollar that he was ill educated, studied the law for just several weeks and barely squeaked by in his examination for the buyer. so he looked upon henry at the time and historically when he was caring about legacy as a man of minor intellect shall we say. >> i just want to add one point. one of the interesting things about myself. he writes a very important manifesto before the constitutional convention is called vices of the political system of the united states. and he includes a very important passage, where he's describing the subject of oratory. he is talking how this figure is dangerous to the republic. nec is in the life and blood henry as his model. she didn't just think in terms of abstract. he based his political theory on the encounters th

there was jefferson was adjusted in one confidential letter that they pray devoutly for patrick henry's death, madison was no less henry's enemy and jefferson. and no less forward in expressing distaste for his rifle. in 79, henry preventive medicine from becoming a u.s. senator. madison was the antihenry and his style of address as a legislator his was the art of persuasion rather than of to cultivation. he took notes, fought through arguments in advance and spoke to influence. he usually succeeded. in the early years of there is a season, madison and jefferson combined on the virginia statute of religious freedom past 1785 over the objection of governor henry. which explains jefferson's play on words praying devoutly for henry's death. jefferson had sailed to france in 1784 to serve as the u.s. minister. when madison was able to seize on an opportunity. he offered at one of the most vivid and striking positions of his career. memorial against which roused his colleagues to take immediate action. it was so strongly worded that madison didn't admit authorship for over 40 years. in that

folks from the patrick henry institute.f think tank type folks and grass roots activists speaking to people. many of whom are still learning how can i best have an impact? how can we work together? one of things that is going to come out of this is dozens and dozens of tea party organizations who are going to make contact here in virginia for the first time. next year unlike most of the rest of the nation we have legislative races all 140 members of our general assembly are up. these tea party active s are going to -- activists are going to have an immense impact in 2011 as they have in 2010. >> greta: you have the health care -- you have brought a lawsuit challenging the nation -- national health care. yesterday in michigan a private group they challenged on the same grounds as the florida case. yours is different because you have a specific statute. in michigan the judge say the national health care law is constitutional. under the commerce clause is that the federal government has the authority to demand that people buy

this is a real table owned by patrick henry. >> the clock and gloves go back to the foundations of house>> greta: i would be afraid to touch that clock. >> the globes are thousands to replace. >> one thing greta you may want to see, see this chair? you may want to ask why is that chair shaped like? >> greta: why? >> because the first governors wore a sword and had you to have a place to have the sword drape down. >> greta: you ought to get one. this section was built when? >> it was here but it had a wall in the middle. there were some pocket doors so you could join together in a party but they were average pocket doors. they opened up the original floor was a pine floor in 1906, 100 years after it had been built they brought in hardwood these parquet floors when they added the dining room. they opened this up to have a ballroom. >> greta: is beautiful. >> this piano does work. >> greta: the governor plays? >> the governor listens. >> our kids enjoy playing on it a lot. one of the nice pieces here is this eight gallon silver bowl that was -- virginia bought it for the commissioning of th

did patrick henry say give me safety or give me death? no! >> he said give me liberty or give me death. when the president says his job is to keep all of us safe. and all presidents say this. they are wrong. their first job is to keep us free. if they keep us safe but unfree they are not doing their job! >> geraldo: judge, my favorite libertarian was on a role but the great adventure crowd was there for glenn beck. >> are we a country that was founded through di divine providence, through god? did god lead columbus here and he went wrong after he found it? did god lead the mayflower here? did he preserve them as they united with the indians, as they were being good as they strove good. was god there at the writing of the declaration of independence and constitution and did we later go wrong? and i don't mean with barack obama. i mean around 1830. did we go wrong when we started to believe in manifest destiny and we are on a mission from god. no, we are not on a mission from god. >> juliajulian epistein, sounde glenn beck has god on the side o

patrick henry more less forced them to support a bill of rights. we have an awful lot of history in virginia. we're going back to first principles with this bill. this bill is about liberty. i will -- i would refer to alexander hamilton. even he said one of the major purposes of the federal courts to exist is to referee these disputes of constitutional power between states and the federal government for it on monday, the lawyer got up and said his name and said he is here for the government. he corrected himself, the federal government. in court on monday, two governments were contesting with each other directly, the commerce of virginia and the united states of america. the founding fathers, it wasn't just the division between the legislative power, the executive power, and the third period thursday continued vitality of the state's. i would say that the check of power that we are exercising in federal court in this case is the most significant since maybe 50 years ago when the federal government was checking state power when many states were defi

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