tell us the story of the greek army, the athenian army and as the athenians went to establish a naval base the millions said get out of here. we don't want you here and they said look, we will not bother you. we want to establish a naval base and they said if you try to stay we will fight and the athenians said well, our army is 10 times as large as yours and you have no chance. they said our cause is just, so surely the gods will take up our cause and you will be defeated. the athenians said well, of course we believe in the gods also. we are second to none in our belief. we learned the gods ted to favor the larger army. they thought were destroyed. the lesson here is that more war is a stern teacher and what it teaches is that you have to think straight. you can't be superstitious or silly because generally speaking you will be destroyed if you don't think rationally. societies that enter wars with silly ideas suffer. why did the nazis lose the second world war? they should have one. one reason was they were nazis hitler couldn't adjust his thinking to reality. he regarded the russi

the athenians wanted to establish a naval base on melos. the athenians said look we're not going to bother you. we want to establish a naval base. the melians said if you try to stay, we will fight. the athenians said well, our army is ten times as large as yours, you have no chance. the melians said our cause is just so surely the gods will take up our cause and you will be defeated. the athenians said, well, of course, we believe in the gods too. we're second to none in our belief. but we've learned that the gods tend to favor the larger army. [laughter] the melians fought and were destroyed. the lesson here is that war is a stern teacher. and what it teaches is that you've got to think straight. you can't be superstitious or silly because, generally speaking you'll be destroyed if you don't think rationally. societies that enter wars with silly ideas suffer. why did the nazis lose the second world war? they should have won. well, one reason they won was that they were nazis. hitler couldn't adjust his thinking to reality. he regarded the

the athenian said we believe in god, too. we are second to none in our belief. but belief. but we have one of the gods tend to to favor the larger army. the lesson here is a stern teacher. what it teaches as they try to think straight. you can't be superstitious or silly because generally speaking from your be destroyed. societies that enter wars with silly ideas that her. why did they lose the secular world war. hitler couldn't it just is thinking to reality. he regarded the russians as sub humans who would be brushed away. but on the other hand his armies were going to depend on russian and ukrainian presence for their supplies. while murdering those peasants was in a good way to get the cooperation. the german class because of logistical problems. they can adjust their thinking to reality. the russians on the other hand did. in the face of the threat of destruction stalin burdick by himself for two and three weeks and came out thinking straight. turn the army over. we have to be serious. civil were teaches society is to be rational. you know if you read -- i always call

many athenians share his assessment. throughout the city, there is a sense of cautious optimism. >> we hope for the best. in my view this government is willing to improve things. but it is too early to say whether they can do it. >> things have changed, and i'm sure it will take a turn for the better. the newly elected greek government has made a brave decision. that shows courage. >> it may be a positive step but there are questions. where will the money come from? how can our country prosper again? we have no answers. >> the new government must answer these questions quickly says this political scientist. only then can governing coalition partners fulfill their expansive campaign promises. >> there is a mood of hope in the hellenic society. room for renegotiation is very small. i don't expect this new government will be able to renegotiate the substantial terms of the bailout, with the exception of superficial changes. >> yanis and his wife have higher expert asians -- higher expectations. they think it will succeed pe

he believed simply like the romans, sorry, the ancient athenians in fifth century athens and atlanta jeffersonian shires that if our models of an engaged community that speech was for the right and duty to but i defend the right not to be engaged in your community spent i don't think he would dispute to be which is defend the right of anyone. why that quote a little debate about the sentiment of brandeis. not a bad place to him. this panel must and on time. ladies and gentlemen, we have one last installment of this chapter constitutional but there. we talk about the first amendment. we talked about transfer in birth. really great debate about libertarian versus democratic vision of the constitution and after 15 and break will come back into a new biography, the great chief justice who solidified division of the court, john marshall. please join me in thanking tim sandefur and kermit roosevelt. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> you are watching booktv on c-span2 with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. booktv, television for serious readers. ..

that is the athenian composite. the big banks are taking it and taking it hard. alpha bank is down.bank is down. money is flowing out of them. it is more than a trickle. that is a key cause for concern. the yields are popping again. the front-end of the greek curve is moving around quite strongly this morning. you have yields rising. that is something that is going to worry investors as they watch this story developed. where does the money come from? that is the big story in greece. that is one of the focuses we will be spending a lot of time talking about this week. the other one is russia. let's turn back to russia. it is her first interview with an international broadcaster. the head of the country's central-bank talking to bloomberg, telling us that the central bank is not an extension of the kremlin. she has been criticized for the ruble's collapse. some say she has been extending the story of the kremlin by cutting rates recently. ryan chilcote went to russia and sat down with her and begin by asking whether the ruble can tumble again. >> we are not expending any kind of massi

. >> what we've got here is the athenian markets doing very well. the key level on the dax is 11,000. we've been through that this morning. we retreated a little bit. nevertheless, the market on the front foot. volumes are a little light on the dax. we've had a touch of that level. some good german data being delivered today continues to be one of the key beneficiaries of this weaker euro. that surprisingly strong gdp number probably a factor. >> we also have gdp figures out of italy. the economy stagnated. it is not weaker, it is actually better than expected. >> all i'm saying is that germany stands out as a very strong number. >> not as bad as we were thinking. >> greece continues to be a huge topic of conversation. in an exclusive interview with bloomberg, guy hands questions the idea of giving greece a free pass while spain, ireland, and other countries have and continue to work their way through these structural reforms which are having such a big impact on their economies. >> you have the greek prime minister almost saying, i don't feel this

the athenians wanted to establish a naval base on melos. the athenians said look we're not going to bother you. we want to establish a naval base. the melians said if you try to stay, we will fight. the athenians said well, our army is ten times as large as yours, you have no chance. the melians said our cause is just so surely the gods will take up our cause and you will be defeated. the athenians said, well, of course, we believe in the gods too. we're second to none in our belief. but we've learned that the gods tend to favor the larger army. [laughter] the melians fought and were destroyed. the lesson here is that war is a stern teacher. and what it teaches is that you've got to think straight. you can't be superstitious or silly because, generally speaking you'll be destroyed if you don't think rationally. societies that enter wars with silly ideas suffer. why did the nazis lose the second world war? they should have won. well, one reason they won was that they were nazis. hitler couldn't adjust his thinking to reality. he regarded the

it's consent, and slavery eventually that contradiction between a republic of slaveholders and the athenian mode is going to become too striking too conspicuous and americans would see. >> would he include everybody? >> no. the short answer on this as you know, for jefferson, the idea of the way he thinks about slaves is as a captive nation held unjustly. this is important. slaves don't deserve to be slaves. they're not naturally slaves. they are slaves because of -- jefferson would like to blame his predecessors for the slave trade. we have them but it's an evil institution. it's unjust. the solution is to end the state of war that is slavery. it is a state of war. it's a cold war of a violent coercive institution the antipathy of government. his fear is that young men will break up in slavery and that will be their school. they don't have public schools in virginia. instead they're going to learn how to be slaveholders. they'll learn to tyrranize people older than they are because they're white. that's horrible from jefferson's perspective. what we need to do is break the chains emancipat