i think ronald reagan was not a guide that was interested in self aggrandizement. kennedy did. lincoln did not. reagan did not but i don't know if you would describe him as pope francis. he had confidence he was right and a certain swagger when he would address the world and the nation in know what i am doing and i am doing the right thing. but he wouldn't be bragging or anything like that. >> host: the finest quality of him was humility. >> guest: you have an advantage over me i did not know him for quite covered his inauguration that is an interesting insight. >> host: basically said you can accomplish anything if you don't care who gets the credit and he would live by that. >> guest: i agree. >> host: that is why he came across as such a great person. you with a cure his cousin the way he treated you as an equal. agree aspect as a human being to be president of united states the most humble man i have met in politics. that doesn't say much but who was? [laughter] so an aspect of his person so i will ask, after he left office there was the assumption the attempt on his life t

i think ronald reagan was not a guy who went for self aggrandizement. kennedy did. lincoln did not. reagan did not but i don't know if you would describe him as pope francis. he had confidence he was right, a certain swagger when he would address the world and the nation for i know what i am doing. i am doing the right thing but he would not brag or if a thing like that. >> host: i've been his finest quality was his humility. >> guest: is a personal sense you have the vintage overreacted not know him by covered the inauguration but you did so that is an interesting insight. >> host: he had a plaque at his desk that said you can accomplish anything if you don't care who gets the credit and he lived by that. >> guest: i agree with that. >> host: one of the reasons it was such a great person because she thought you were his cousin the way he treated you because he retreat everybody equal the most humble man a mitt in politics that isn't saying much but he was. so that is an aspect of his person so i will ask after he left office and again it goes back to your thesis with the assumption

he wasn't a guy that went in for self-aggrandizement. john kennedy did. lincoln didn't, reagan didn't, but i don't know if you would describe him as pope francis. i think that he had a confidence that was right he had a certain swagger like listen i know what i'm doing and doing the right thing. so that he wasn't a braggadocio or anything like that. >> the finest quality was his humility. >> you have an advantage over me i didn't know ronald reagan i covered the inauguration i didn't know him so that's an interesting insight. >> he had a plaque i'm sure you read about that said you can accomplish anything if you don't care who gets the credit and he lived by that. >> i agree with that. >> and that is probably one of the reasons that he came across as a great person because because when you could see him come everybody was equal and a great aspect to the man as a human being to the president of the united states of the humblest man i ever met in politics isn't saying much but he was. let me ask and then after he left office, and this again goes back to you

(laughter) but, you know, the egotism and the self aggrandizement and, you know, we need to talk about not even talking about the right issues. again, it's like a bunch of school boys arguing in the school yard. >> rose: but can you talk about issues in your music? >> not so much. times have changed and people don't want to hear it. people do not want to be lectured or preached to. i did get issues into some songs on this new album. there is a song called praying for rain, which is a song about drought and climate change. >> rose: right. disguised -- it's sung about from the point of view from a poor, humble farmer, and he talks about how things have changed. there is also a song in there called "no thank you," which is sort of my tribute to the late, great buck owens who is my favorite country artist and born in texas. >> rose: why is he your favorite? >> i loved his music. i loved the way he sang and wrote, and that song, the tribute song to him in there is called "no thank you," which, at one point, states that -- talks about republicans and democrats and basically says, i'm sick of

the constitution's division of powers also protects against the natural inclination toward self-aggrandizement. this inclination occurs both at the government-wide level and at the individual level. an unchecked federal government bent on remedying all of society's ills will tend naturally to swallow the states, each of whom has -- each of which has far fewer resources than the federal leviathan. officeholders competing for power and prestige battle against each other as they try to enact their visions into law. our constitutional system ensures that the federal government does not altogether consume the states by limiting and enumerating the federal government's powers and by promising that all powers not dedicated to the fgh federal government are reserved to the states. the constitution also forces rival officeholders to work together and is designed to prevent any one person from unilaterally making, changing, or eliminating laws. madison famously said that if men were angels, no government would be necessary. he further posited that if -- quote -- "angels were to govern men, neither exter