even with the anglo-saxons. surrender correct. and a surrender. [laughter] what should we say after never surrender? remember correct? he says and if which i do not for one moment believe to be subjugated. and then to carry on the fight with all power and might steps in the with the british politics with the american audience. with that process it is not that to begin last. and i am afraid to say to britain and my country but in return for the 50 destroyers that only half were functional but then in public called the most sordid act in history. and then with the united states of america when was the last check candid in? does anybody know? 1970? it was 2006 and 42 million pounds with a check signed. [laughter] and to have that triple a rating will lower the debt but it does show a pretty hard bargain. and with the difficulties to exceed roosevelt to start to make the case about the moral imperative. so america was steadily being brought in by churchill to a large part by the time it came for japan with the convoy is where the supplies at the very

anglos and about his. listen to the language in which both the fastest and the communists decried our system of social organization. but always use the same attitude to it was rotten anglo-saxoncapitalism. it seemed to them obvious that our system with its stubborn insistence on privacy and the rights of individuals that elevated the individual citizen rather than the collective couldn't possibly stand in the face of ideology. it seemed obvious that our system is on the way out but our old values are finished in the future lay with a powerful organizing fake. but as we now know, thank god, the world was beginning a period of anglos fear domination which is not the least in theory so widespread that you will rarely find a territory on the planet that doesn't at least pay lip service to it. go to the nastiest dictatorship in the world and you will still generally find something called a congress, whose nervous delegates anticipating the wishes of others gather themselves into things called political parties. even the nastiest and most brutal tyrant who generally find something called a supreme court which on paper is not simply a mouthpiece of the regime. but how unusual is gen

the movie industry started white -- was started by white anglo-saxon protestants. the divide a graph company. these were the white anglo-saxon protestants who had the technological expertise, but not the business acumen to take it further. with those companies did was to form the motion picture trust in 1908. that essentially formed a .onopoly keeping others out in response, people like mayor, wembley, and fox moved the motion picture industry to california. there are legends they chose los angeles because it was close to the mexican border so they could easily escape the long arms of the trust. i don't believe that, but i think they came to california for the opportunities for locations. you have the deserts, mountains, ocean, all within easy striking distance. 330 days out of 365. they came here to escape the trust. they started their own movies. one important factor that allow these people to succeed was edison biograph and fight a graph, they understood their audience. they were immigrants themselves. -- theyre large for were large members of the movie audience.

all the rest are anglo-saxon, anglo-saxon words straight across to english-speaking people. once the latin word? surrender. hardly worth arguing. surrender. what did he say that after we shall never surrender? remember? rightly contradicting himself. he then went on to say, and if. which i do not for a moment believe this island or a large part of it will be subjugated. then our empire beyond the sea, guarded by the british fleet would carry on the fight until in god's good time the new world with all its power and might step in to the rescue and the liberation of the old. .. in the with the british politics with the american audience. with that process it is not that to begin last. and i am afraid to say to britain and my country but in return for the 50 destroyers that only half were functional but then in public called the most sordid act in history. and then with the united states of america when was the last check candid in? does anybody know? 1970? it was 2006 and 42 million pounds with a check signed. [laughter] and to have that triple a rating will lower the debt but

in all of these cases we see what we recognize as the rather tight grip of protestant anglo-saxon culture ceding to a new class of engineer who takes the reins in the 20th century and takes charge of the culture itself in certain ways. so, people and the texts we are going to look at today -- frederick winslow taylor, christine frederick -- and efficiency engineer of the household in her book "the new housekeeping." john d. watson, famous for his advocacy of behaviorist psychology. famous for his advocacy of the hebrew psychology. and walter lippmann, who will become a kind of fixture of american punditry, social commentary. he may seem out of place in this group, but i want to suggest he is an engineer, too, coming right out of the protestant progressive and pragmatist tradition, embodying those traditions, an engineer of politics and public life. what do i mean by that? people like him and his colleagues -- most famously at the new republic, were in favor of fact-finding and experimentation in politics. that should ring some pragmatist bells, right? people like jane's and -- james and j

and some of the other continental european countries, there is an idea somehow that this is wrapped up in some sort of anglo-saxon over the world. the french came out with their attempts to build their own version of google. it was 400 million euros wasted. >> are the european strain to beat up on some of the big u.s. tech companies? early statements seem to indicate that he is going to beat google up. the tech stuff. these companies are using highly skilled people that have been funded through the universities here and then they are not paying any tax. sorry, fair dues. if you get the benefit of all of that and those bright people and being able to be in a great country like the u.k., pay the tax. do you think that is going to happen? >> i hope so. i hope politicians will be forceful enough to make sure that the right amount of taxes paid. it is great to make the policy like tax breaks for r&d, but that is different from some cunning scheme. that is a different thing. time do you spend thinking about the implications of what we are doing right now? the impact of genomics is going to be tremendous. when you think

the right word. >> his speeches were very far from unpremeditated. he had worked very hard on them. a secret was using short, anglo-saxon words when he wanted to grip them. to say we are going to fight them on the street and we will never surrender. the only latinate word is surrender. >> jack kennedy said to mobilize the english language. >> it may have been edward murrow. but the great thing about his speeches and his broadcasts was that they were aimed not just at the british but he always had an eye to america and he knew that that was the crucial audience. if he could reach the motherland, as it were, and persuade them, then he would have done his duty. that was his big achievement. >> why did the ungrateful british turned him out of office? >> that is one of the great questions of politics and i think the answer is blindingly obvious. he had become -- he had become somehow detached from the political party and straddled politics, he was above it. it was felt possible to vote against the conservative party without -- people thought that it was ok to be anti-tory and it to support churchill. the labor slogan was che

anglo-saxon protestants. >> we're thrilled to welcome back richard brookhiser to the historical society and is renowned author and senior editor of "national review" bledsoe is a columnist for american history. before he served as a historian and curator for our spectacular institution for alexander hamilton also us receiver of the george washington alexander hamilton and james madison. his most recent book which was released last week as "founder's son" a life of abraham lincoln" and already getting wonderful reviews. i'd like to ask before i invite him to the stage anything that makes noise like a cell phone is switched off now pleased when meet to welcome richard brookhiser to the stage. [applause] >> thanks. i n being adjusted. they did not need this in the 19th century. it is always a pleasure and an honor to be here at the historical society. just my publicist, basic books has done a terrific job they are publishing and well and i could not be happier. roger has done so much for history and particularly was very generous to support the publicity of this book. and lou gave me crucial early a vice when i

the work that was begun earlier by his predecessors especially by pope benedict. he does see that it is a human problem it's not an american problem not an anglo-saxons problem it's man problem not just catholic problem, either. i think that protection of children is very important. >> o'donnell: pope france was the first pope to enact commission led by cardinal o'malley to actually look at this issue and propose reform. >> yes. i applaud him for that. i think that it's a great step forward and particularly the people that are on that commission who have many times criticized the church for the way that it failed to respond. and i think that holy father made singular contribution forward, also has to be seen within the wide spectrum of the work that was done by his predecessors to get us to this point. >> there are many tough issues facing this country right now, there are deep racial divisions, terrorism and war raging overseas, sluggish economy in some parts of the world, do you have a message for people on this thanksgiving? >> i think that message i would have is first of all, be thankful for the gift, is that god has given them, especially their families. to

the last name king. king: in those days, jewish performers typically changed their names to anglo-saxon, and i think, probablywas something about me that i didn't like then, just me, and so i thought, "ok. i'm going to give myself a little bit of a new identity." most of us don't like ourselves very much at the age of 15. that's a good point. i wish i'd known that then. gates: carole's career in music spans more than 50 years, but it turns out that the roots of her success were planted well over a century ago when her grandmother fled anti-semitism and persecution in russia, carrying her dreams and a love of music with her to america. king: my mother came from a household in which culture was very much valued, particularly music, and my grandmother wanted her to be a concert pianist and play in carnegie hall. of course. it didn't come to pass, but isn't it interesting that i played in carnegie hall? yeah. so grandma got her wish. yes, and she was there, may i add. she was? yes. oh, did she cry? i don't know, but i cry just thinking about it. i bet it's like, "that's my granddaughter." exactly. king: ♪ tumblin