i began to look into a book about george washington and decided to write this book i began with george washington in the very same way. i knew very little about washington to the i had heard of course that he had shot down a cherry tree, which he didn't, and i had heard that he wore a wig which he didn't come and i heard that he had wooden teeth, which he didn't. so i found out very quickly the things i thought i knew about george washington were absolutely not any of them cracked. so as i began the book which i described as csis meets the biography channel coming and you will see why as we go along, it has been a treat for me to replace all of those myths with the facts about george washington. the premise of the book is did george washington really look like his image on the 1 dollar bill? win mount vernon did some research and found that most americans would describe this image of george washington taken from the portrait as old, boring and grumpy come in and of course they realized they were going to have to change their way of looking at the father of our country. they devised a p

is sort of made into something it's not any think in these letters they see letters they see george washington added the love from his life. at the time washington is that valley forge, he is in a period of time during the war that is difficult. he is being discussed in congress as whispers that maybe we need to get rid of them. he's really not doing so hot in this work. and so when he leads his men to valley forge, george washington has a bottom is mind. you can see that stewart incredible mastery of sculpture here, see dave incredible talent in painting this phase and the worry and stress in his eyes because he knows that he is going into winter quarters in the british are occupying philadelphia is only 16 miles away. and a lot of them don't have any shoes on their feet. as they walk through the snow at the least bloody footprints and they don't have enough clothes to keep them warm when it is their turn to be on guard. and some in congress want to replace him. so he has a lot, a lot on his mind here. but i try in this book to show george washington the odds of his contemporaries. this was w

rediscovering george washington, founding father, and george washington on leadership, and finally the 110 presets the guide our first president in war and peace, "rules of civility." florida, john, you are on with our guest. >> caller: good afternoon. washington seem to be dominating the conversation your site will keep that going. my question is from your book that you just showed us on tv and washington's leadership, and specifically the chapter on management style. and my question is, do you think washington as commander-in-chief was perhaps the first person to have that statue to actually listen to his council of war, and even take their advice? >> guest: you know, i'm not enough of a military historian to say that he was the first. he did take their advice, you know, early in the war he would submit decisions to a vote of his council, and that's a practice he eventually abandoned, maybe as he got more confidence, but he always listened to the opinions of all of his officers. u.. >> contact us electronically, booktv@cspan.org is our e-mail address, and at twitter, twitter.com/book

in 1775 she wrote a poem to george washington, to his excellency george washington, in which she praised washington's prowess as commander in chief and celebrated the american struggle against britain. not only that, she actually sent her poem to george washington. so here she is. she's still an enslaved woman, and she sends her poem to the commander in chief of the american continental army. washington, to his credit, responded to wheatley's poem generously and graciously, and the two actually met one another in 1776. it shows you then that even a slave owner like george washington was willing to recognize merit when he saw it. not so another american political leader, thomas jefferson, who dismissed phillis wheatley's poetry as inferior and not worth the label of literary. nevertheless, i think what this whole episode shows us is that for phillis wheatley and for the americans who witnessed the flourishing of her career it was possible to see that black people were capable of much more than anyone had given them credit for. surely most of the leaders of philadelphia in 1776 would not h

ron turno who was writing about george washington. he wrote in the "wall street journal", that in the 19 debate as a republican candidate, that washington is only quoted once. there are many more quotes from lincoln, from reagan, etc. i'd like to hear why you think that's the case, that washington is so discounted by the men who are running for the nomination of the presidency from the republican party. >> go ahead. >> well, he wasn't very pithy. he wasn't a wordsmith. >> not even referring to him or paraphrasing him or talking about his positions behind the constitution. >> you're right. washington was not a great writer. if they're quoting, they're going to quote great writers. i think washington was a good writer, but he's definitely not a great one. and so to get him to understand what he did, you have to look at his career. you have to understand his deeds and his actions and that just requires a little more work than grabbing bartlett's, wicky quote, whatever. it requires an investment, an investment of attention. i hope occasion

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they all had known george washington. every one of them. and they didn't copy him exactly, they were all different one from another. but they were inspired by that -- that example of a highly prns pu principled leadership. of a leadership that thought it was right to do the right thing and do it in the right way. that held to the idea of honesty in government and in politics. and that i think made a major dit difference in the course of the early republic. then there were other leaders who from time to time emerged who had the same success that washington had. not many of them. i think abraham lincoln would be one. i would say franklin roosevelt would be another. all of these men they were, i think, one can say, that, washington was a little to the right of center. franklin roosevelt said he was a little left of center. i think, franklin, abraham lincoln was right down the middle. but all governed from the center. they really governed. and they tried to govern in ways that would engage a great diversity in their -- in -- in their country. l

the president of george washington, dr. steven nab. i want to tell you about him. he has a long history of supporting students. he was a professor of english literature at the university of california at berkeley. dean of the college of arts and sciences at john hopkins university up the road in baltimore. as president of george washington he's made at priority to increase student opportunities for public service. in order to be accessible and better serve the students here he chose to take up residence on the campus, the first president of this university ever to do that. maybe he was just trying to avoid the well known washington, d.c. traffic. but it looked to me like he was trying to remain open to the students. he's made a lot of green renovation to the residents, demonstrating a strong commitment to sustainability, and trying to make the university a model for sustainability. this kind of complete view of public service, how it permeates every decision he makes, makes president knapp not just a good president for the students of g.w. but an inspiration to peo

that's where george washington signed the declaration of independence. now, you know, he never signed the declaration of independence, and if he had, he wouldn't have done it in that house, but this guy knew there was a washington connection and he was pleased with it. and so i thought, i'll take that. no, but this is a serious point. i mean i hate these conservatives, oh, we're going down the toilet, isn't it awful, you know, doom, doom, doom. i hate that. i'll work with that because he's got something there. so, fine. so we can supply details. but i do think -- but i do think there is a reservoir of goodwill out there and we have to work with it. >> harvey? >> yes. i think it's essential to -- from the study of great individuals or even a kind of hero worship, i think that's essential for a scholarship, our political science today is occupied with institutions. but you can't really an institution can do until you see the -- or plead a study and seen what the best representative, the best individual in that institution, in that office did and was and wha

the golden gate--i mean, the george washington bridge, george washington. [laughter] you guys been known the george washington bridge has a resonant frequency that's equal to that of cat's trot? you guys know about that. cat, yeah. medium-sized cat. who's from new york city? they can back me up on this. you're gonna cross the-- walk across the george washington bridge. they got a little cat guard, little sign, "no cats." now, a lot of people think that's cute and that's a joke. but come on, you're physics type. we know what, right? you know i do. you know how a cat runs, by the way. you got a cat running. 20 minutes later. beautiful timing. how about a dog? but the cats, honey. guess what they found out that the natural of frequency of the george washington bridge is? so what would happen if you let a cat run across that bridge? you know, you guys, you notice when i hit this that these air molecules bent the steel. you had evidence of that. you heard it. right? so oh, well, maybe little air molecules can bend steel but not a cat. [laughter] how about it, ga

we saw a picture of james monroe in that boat right there right beside george washington. again, john quincy adams was mentioned. that's the spine of american history. and i want to suggest, just because i wanted to -- my talk today is going to be about the constitution. that's what i do, that's where i live and move and have my being as intellectually as in the constitution, and i wanted to basically give you one kind of memorable way to to pull together the basic theme of my talk. i want to suggest that our constitution is in its basic structure far more jackson, andrew jackson-like, than we've been taught. i'll tell you at the end of today, three ways to sort of remember that it's all about jackson and for all of you, but in a nutshell our constitution is more small "d" democratic, more open to men that are born in lower strata of society, small "d" democratic than the standard story that many of us were taught, a story in the 20th century is associated with a charles beard whose work was mention mentioned actually in several earlier today. more democratic talking, andr

washington made it a matter of course. and he has been doing it for a long time. as the revolutionary war was ending, george iii had his portrait painted by 2 p benjamin west. and the king asked him what did he think washington would do after the war? and west said well, your majesty, i believe that he will return to his farm. and the king said if he does that, he's the greatest man in the world. washington did it. now he's doing it again in the farewell address. we heard the passages from it and we have heard the discussion of the address itself. the end of the address, there is -- an n the very last paragraph he is talking about his own retirement. and he says that he expects to enjoy good laws under a free government which will be the happy reward of our mutual cares, labors and dangers. it is our mutual cares, atlanta brave source and dangers. he is stressing at the end of the address that it hasn't just been him. it has been all of us. after he goes it will be left to all of us. that was the assignment he gave america in 1796 and the assignment that we still carry. thank you very much. [ applause ] >>

but we won't always have george washington. this is my favorite statement in the federalist, enlightened states men will not always be at the helm. they are now but they won't always be. the question arises, is it better to follow george washington? like most of our presidents showing the modest wisdom of knowing that one is not wise or is it better to imitate abraham lincoln whom we also celebrate. thank you. [ applause ] >>> well, i drew the assignment to offer some reflections on the modern presidency and how it has departed from the example of washington and from washington's republicanism and a convenient, if somewhat cheesy opportunity to flak my new book, the politically incorrect guide to the presidency. it starts with wilson. it struck me that if whole foods sold books, they'd surely sell harvey's books and richard's books. this politically incorrect guide to big sales at costco and walmart, which is useful because what it really is is an attempt to use a populus format to argue against presidential populism. i'm findi

that house is where george washington signed the declaration of independence. he never signed the declaration of independence and if he had, he wouldn't have done it in that house. he knew there was a washington section and he was pleased. i will take that and this is a series point. i hate these conservatives that we're going down the toilet and doom, doom, doom. i will work with that. he's got something there. fine. we can supply details. i do think there is a reservoir of good will out there and we center to work with it. >> yes. i think it's essential from the study of great individuals or even a kind o hero worship. i think that's essential for a scholarship. our political science today is occupied with institutions. you can't really know what an institution can do until you see the or made a study and seen what the best representative and individual in that office did. and was. what he was like. political science should begin with the study of american history. we are going to say this. i would say that to my colleagues in political science. biography shou

for these purposes, the birthday of george washington, february 22nd, 1732, should be a particularly cherished national obligation. in fact, americans celebrated washington's birthday long before congress in 1879. declared it as a holiday for federal workers in the district of columbia. and in 1885 a holiday for all federal employees everywhere. it was celebrated already at valley forge in 1778, and after the founding it was annually, if unofficially, marked throughout the new republic. on the centennial of washington's birth, february 22nd, 1832, congress adjourned out of respect for his memory in -- out of respect for his memory. in 1862, the union threatened by civil war, congress chose to read washington's farewell address on the occasion of washington's birthday. and every year since 1896 the united states senate has selected one of its members to read it aloud in legislative session in honor of washington's birthday. but it was not the duty of memory that moved the congress of 1968 which passed the uniform monday holiday law to, quote, provide uniform annual observes of certain

we have a panel to discuss george washington. we have scholar leon kass to begin serving by reading a few passages. and we are joined by the co-editor of "so prude proudly hail." and edward brookehizer, biographies of washington, madison and hamilton will speak about washington as exemplary president. harvey mansfield, keenan professor of government at harvard and honors of book on burke, machiavelli and the executive roles of power while considering the role of the american policy in the american polidy. and also scholar leeward who is the autobiographer of winston church hill, and no problems in his research from the last several presidents. we hope to have time for the panelists and questions from the floor. the questions for the panelists should be provided on the sheets provided by outside as well as online at www what so proudly we hailed.com. so, too, is the next of washington's farewell address to which we now turn. thank you. >>> i am going to read a few selections from the farewell address. these are my personal favorite

the precedence set by the retirement of george washington has not been easy to establish elsewhere, prize money or not. washington is justly honored for his refusal of perpetual power which he performed not once but twice. first when he resigned supreme military authority in 1783 and again with presidential authority in 1797. although washington went willingly it can't be said he went quietly. not of course that he made fuss and bother. that was not his style. he did take the opportunity to speak to his fellow citizens about the perils ahead. the impulse to extend his guiding presence over the generations indicates, i think, how difficult it was for the most competent man on the stage to exit of his own accord. in washington's first value depictry, the circular to the states the general noted some might object to his offering political counsel for the future, viewing it as an act of arrogant presumption, stepping out of the proper line of cute. washington responded by saying silence in me would be a crime. why a crime? because although the war had been won it was yet to be determined acco

when the staff was making apple brandy. >> we're standing in front of the reconstruction of george washington's whiskey distillery. most people have no idea that washington not only was first in war -- first in peace but he was also one of the first in distillery. he operated a major distillery here, and it was a very important part of the plantation economy. and historians had known this for a long time. but about ten years ago, we decided that we wanted to explore that. and we came out here with archaeologists, excavated the site, did about five years of excavation and other research and decided we had a wonderful opportunity to bring this back and to show what an 18th century whiskey distillery was like. and you can't see it anywhere else in the country. >> and there's a gris mill here, as well? >> the reason the distillery's here is because washington already had a gris mill located here. it was a major part of the plantation made lots of money off of it over the years. and in 1797 at the end of his second term as president, he was getting ready to come back to mt. vernon and hired a scotsm

discovered and the man that george washington counted on through nearly 8 1/2 years of the revolutionary war and then counted on him as his secretary of war during the time that washington was president. he started out as a boston book seller. big, stout, gregarious, friendly, popular fellow who had about the equivalent of a fifth grade education. he loved books and never stopped reading and he became one of the best officers in the whole war. washington singled out two young men almost within a week or two weeks after washington took command at cambridge, massachusetts, as people he could count on. one was nathaniel greene, who was made a major general at the age of 33, having no experience at all, and the second was henry foxx, who also had no military experience at all. but both of them had been reading books. what they knew about the military was entirely from books. but that was an era that believed one of the best ways to read things was to read books. they are in a way wonderful examples, personifications of the enlightingment. his daring, both physically and intell electricity ac

we're going to talk about george washington. and in light of the frame that everybody else has been bringing to this occasion, that is the troubles of our time, i wanted to talk about washington and some of the troubles of his time and how he dealt with it. and i want to do it by story telling. the great attraction for me to history are these wonderful stories. i think of arthur snobl who sat down to play beethoven and he stopped and turned to the audience and said, this music is better than it can ever be played. i think that's the way it is with these stories. they are better than they can ever be told. i want to do that also with regard to a picture that you've seen before. this is washington crossing the delaware. and next time you're in new york city, go to the metropolitan museum of art. they have just opened a new american wing. it's gigantic. it's 60 galleries of american painting. just opened a couple weeks ago. and at the center of it is this painting. when i visited, my wife and i always go there whenever we're in new

so does george washington. the reasonable virginians understand their slave holders, that slavery is a bad business. you have to persuade them. then the north carolinians have to decide whether they're going to cast their lot with the nut jobs down south or with virginia and they're going to go with virginia and you have to isolate the nut jobs. there are nut jobs, they have to be isolated. it at the time the center are the reasonable slave holders, george washington, preeminent among them, and you could have done it and it was a failure of craft. it seems mean to emphasize the one thing but the system basically did did break because of it. and we need to understand that because our system could be at risk today. see, i'm a presentist. i want to you understand they almost failed because we could, unless we, the people, today solve our problems in time, we need a 20-year plan. it took us 20 years, 30 years to get into this hole. it will take a while to get out. we all agree we're in a hole and here is a long-ter

washington irving who wrote one of the first and best biographies of george washington interviewed the people who were there. and they told him that washington burst into tears. of helplessness and frustration. it was the lowest upon the of what had happened. he had been responsible for that. it was his decision to defend that indefensible force. and he began and others around him, to wonder -- itch thf this was up to his job. and there were grave thoughts that maybe he was -- would have to be replaced. he led his men in retreat across new jersey, west towards pennsylvania. and he asked lieutenant monroe, to stand by the edge of the road in newark, new jersey, and count the troops as they went by. and there were 3 tou,000 of the left. he started with 30,000 men. he lost nearly 90% of the army under his command. and he was beginning to despair. he wrote home to his family. he said, prepare to move everything into the mountains. he toad thld them the game might be about up. as they marched across new jersey, following the distance by the british army, cornwallace in the field. something

unlike george washington and thomas jefferson, theirs are not household names. nevertheless, their lives provide a window on the larger collective experience of women during the american revolution and will help show us how and in what ways women can be legitimately considered along with men as the founders of our nation. the first woman i'd like to talk about is a woman named ester deburt reed. reed was born in london in 1747, the daughter of a wealthy merchant who traded with -- who was the daughter of a wealthy merchant who had extensive trading relationships with the american colonies. in 1763 joseph reed of new jers jersey, also the child of a merchant, went to london to study the law at the ends of court, a very common thing for american gentry to do in the prerevolutionary period. there through a common circle of social friends he met ester debert and ester and joseph were immediately enamored of one another. unfortunate unfortunately, family circumstances forced joseph reed to return to america in 1765, just as britain and the colonies were beginning the

it was from soldiers encamped with george washington in new jersey. the letters about the soldiers' view of the new massachusetts constitution and the war. in part, the letter to the massachusetts legislature reads "the undersigned officers of the troops of massachusetts, in our own names and the names of our brethren in the field, declare that we highly respect and approve the new constitution of the commonwealth of massachusetts." it goes on with paragraphs of praise and then it predicts, it says, "we formed the most austicious omens of prosperity." those omens came to. the constitution served as probably the most important model to the federal constitution and today it's the oldest constitution in the western world. and i think in the entire world for that matter. but the letter from these soldiers turned from praise to plea. the soldiers reminded the legislature that they were still at war and the liberties promised in the new constitution of 1780 would be meaningless without support for the troops who were fighting for our freedoms. if only the l

i'm wearing my george washington hat this afternoon. in that role, it's a pleasure to welcome all of you to the school of media and public affairs. i see many students and friends here and we're all so happy to welcome those joining us on c-span. when i first joined the white house staff in 1969, there were five of us writers. and i think we'll see a picture of that group here. that picture actually hangs in my office. has been ever since then. my office is now one floor above this auditorium. we're so pleased that all four of the people on that photo who are still living are with us this afternoon. a lot of others joined the staff after that point and i think we could have a wonderful discussion with them someday as well. i'd like to add in looking at this photo, first of all, you'll notice we haven't changed much in 40 years. let me point out that ray price is on the left side of the picture. believe it or not, that's me next to him. then comes pat buchanan and then next in line sitting on the sofa is the chief of staff of the white h

going to george washington fast. >> roger. [ inaudible ]. >> in the ambulance. and get there. [ inaudible ]. >> directly, make the call. >> because he can't say on the radio that reagan is hurt. they don't know that the assassins or the news media can be listening, so they use code names and abandon the crown and go to the hospital. now, at about this time maryann gordon who is unsung hero to this day, and one of the few female agents in the secret service, and she devised the rurts that day, and drove the routes to the hilton and to the white house and she wanted to make sure that the routes were not blocked and wanted to make sure that everybody knew where they were going. drew had driven a motorcade to the hilton, so he knew the routes, and he didn't have to practice them, because he knew where they were. and then marian gordon realizes that she cannot communicate with the cars in front. so she is in the right front of the armored limousine. she says that the cops are going to go to the white house, because they don't know where we are going. they think that

he coined the term, first in peace about george washington. he reveered washington. he made lee, the family into federalists, later wigs. lee never knew his father, really, and always tried to figure his father out and even after the war, lee did a new introduction to his father's reminiscences of the revolution and lee repeated all of the old myths about all he moved to alexandria to further the education of his children. no. he moved to alexandria because he didn't know stratford anymore and he was trying to recoup his financial reverses and convince somebody else to invest in something silly. anyway, lee spent much of his life trying to figure out who his father was and in some ways never came at peace with that, and i think he finally figured out that he was going to have to figure out sort of not be his own father, but accommodate for the absence of a father just like he accommodated for the absence of many other things. yes, sir? [ inaudible ] >> he had another son called black horse lee. he inherited what was left of the plantation at the house and he was orde

. >> that's a roger. >> going to george washington fast. >> roger. [ inaudible ] >> get an ambulance. mean, get the -- >> you copy? g.w.? >> made the call. >> let's hustle. >> because he can't say on the radio reagan's hurt. they don't use the name. they know people in the staff and news media can be listening to the open radio communications and hence they use the code names. they abandon crown, the white house, go to the hospital. now, at about this time marian gordon who is an unsung hero. she's one of the few female agents in the secret service, she devised the motorcade, she drove the routes to the hilton, to the hospital, the white house, and wanted to make sure the routes were clear, no blockages. they wanted to make sure they knew where everyone was going. drew had driven a motorcade to the hilton not too long before that and he knew the routes, he didn't have to practice them. he already knew them. and marian gordon realizes she doesn't have a radio to communicate to the police cars. do you know what, she's in the front right seat of the spare limousine, armored limousine, an

let's hustle. >> roger, we want to go to the emergency room of george washington. >> that's a roger. >> go to george washington fast. [ inaudible ] >> get an ambulance, i mean, get the, um, pressure there. >> correct. we've made the call. >> horsepower, horsepower. let's hustle. >> because he can't say on the hospital reagan's hurt. they don't use reagan's name. they know assassins and news media can be listening to the open communications so they use the code names. they abandon the crown. they go to the hospital. now at about this time marion gordon, kind of an unsung hero this day, one of the few female agents in the secret service. she's -- she devised the motorcade that day in routes and even drove the routes to the hilton and to the hospital and to the white house and wanted to make sure all the routes were clear. weren't blockages. they wanted to make sure they knew where everyone was going. drew had driven a motorcade to the hilton not too long before that so he knew all the routes and didn't have to practice them, but he already knew them, so they are heading down and marion

the first congress said to george washington, well, we would like you to come here to -- in person to give us all your nominations and all of your treaties, and then we can give you advice about them. and washington thought it over and he said, well, that's far too many nominations. i would be down there all the time. so why don't i just send you the nominations, but i'll come in person with the treaties. and they said, well, that's fair. and so in august of 1789, george washington actually went to the senate chamber with a treaty with american indians and the southeast who were treated as separate nations in those days so he had a treaty and a series of formal questions about those treaties. well, george washington was an imposing person, and standing there in the chamber, the senators were a little uncomfortable debating in front of him. plus, it was august and it was in new york, and the windows were open, and there was street traffic even in 17 89s and they couldn't hear in the back of the room and finally one of the senators said i suggest we refer this to a committee to study. a

so this woman wanted to be free because she went to new hampshire to get away from george washington. now, what we do know is she got there as a result of her interaction with a nearby community in philadelphia of african-americans and abolitionists who sheltered her, who gave her food, and then put her on a ship that allowed her to get to new hampshire to a life of freedom. her escape represents that irony that exists of a president who talks about freedom but also a president whose actions did not fit the power of his words. i bring this up because it gives us an interesting conflict in washington, d.c. when the capital is moved to washington, d.c. and john adams comes down here to be president, we find, in fact, the environment in which this new white house is built, in which this new white house exists, is not that different in terms of the irony that exists there. now, the first irony is the fact that john adams from new england, a non-slave holder, is then followed by three presidents who are all slave holders -- jefferson, madison, an monroe. in addition, the district of columb

(laughter) >> jon: and your situation and george washington's is analogous how? ashington understood: some of the best ideas and some of the best plans. in fact, what has made this country great is that we have listened to real significant voices of everyday americans and he did, that's why he crossed the delaware, surprised the hessians and turned the tide of the revolution. (laughter) >> jon: you know, senator santorum your campaign is on a boat but i don't think it's washington's boat, if you know what i mean? (cheers and applause) here's the thing, rick, while you're throwing around comparison to george washington, here's the other analogy people are throwing at you. >> if i were mitt romney i would put up millions of dollars of ads in pennsylvania today and let him know if you say in this race you make me sweat this out and you stop me from focusing on barack obama. you know what i'm going to do? i'm going to reduce you to rubble in your home state and then just like rome i'm going to go to carthage and i'm going salt the earth to make sure nothing ever grows

revolutionary heroes, president george washington and president thomas jefferson, were african negro slave owners who were memorialized by the federal union and state government. example, the treasury department. the $1 bill for the -- with a portrait of the racist chauvinist george washington. -- royalty and trees, v -- treaties, versus supranatural -- supranatural -- president chiu: thank you, next speaker. >> ui am going to continue because it is already an tape. the other no. 2 k.c. was going to refer in my equitable justice was the misconduct in office of nadia lockyear. she is featured in a sex tape with her drug-addicted lover. she had a violent clash with steven in a new york hotel. she suffered head and neck injuries. stephen was sentenced to prison. nadia visited him three times posing as his lawyer. this was the same man who caused the injuries and threatened to go public with a sex tape. she claimed she was his attorney. they have a son, agh. today, nadia was not suspended. -- they have a son, age eight. -- this is contrast to the case of ross mirkarimi who was not sittin

we got past that with a pretty radical change do you ever wonder what would have happened if george washington said, hey, okay, not a bad idea? might have worked, might have worked, but i think at that point we had understood that we could make the change, we could keep the traditions, we could embrace the progress without going back to a king. anyway. what would burke say about that? i guess burke was alive when washington was offered the crown. i have not seen in the readings anywhere what he said, but maybe that's what i want to do. maybe if i get the one question

we got past that with a pretty radical change do you ever wonder what would have happened if george washington said, hey, okay, not a bad idea? might have worked, might have worked, but i think at that point we had understood that we could make the change, we could keep the traditions, we could embrace the progress without going back to a king. anyway. what would burke say about that? i guess burke was alive when washington was offered the crown. i am not seen in the readings anywhere what he said, but maybe that's what i want to do. maybe if i get the one question of an historical figure maybe want i want to ask burke what if we had crowned george, our george, sort of their george anyway as well? can't separate human nature from human experience. the french did. the french revolution. they threw it all out. they threw out the church. they threw out the king. they threw out the nobility, killed most of them. they did a do over. the do over didn't work. unsurprisingly and in fact predictably, burke said it wasn't going to work. thomas jefferson, you may know, observation may be close to b s bla