dr. larry arnn, president of hillsdale college in hillsdale, michigan. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] >> for a dvd copy of this program, called the number shown. for a free transcript, or to give us your comments about this program, visit us online. next week on an "q&a" a book about theodore roosevelt. we have accompanied the book's author to west virginia. that is next sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. coming up, the british prime minister gordon brown and his proposal to reform british parliament. remarks from the israeli prime minister netanyahu on the palestinian state. newt gingrich at the 2009 annual congressional gop fund-raising dinner. that is later. tomorrow on "washington journal" a look at the fiscal policy with bruce stokes. and phil mattingly will also be speaking. secure flight is a new program that will be discussed after that. that is with a former tsa administrator. that is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> let me be clear mr. speaker

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dr. larry arnn, president of hillsdale college. let me read the first three sentences of the wikipedia site for your school. is that right? >> it is an old college. it is 165 years old now. the reason it is a bastion and fortress and citadel of conservatism is, it is very document. we stick by that. that is conservatism in a way, but what that document says, it repeats in different words some of the principles in the declaration of independence. that conservatism is tied to the liberalism of the american founders. >> what about this refusal of government funding? >> that is a modern phenomenon. the government funding of college, direct aid to college and the students is the late 1950's or early 1960's thing that has grown rapidly since then. it was sparked in part by the sputnik soviet launch. that was the public statement about why they did it, to help us get to the moon. we did not think it was a good idea. our country is very unusual. this society is separate from the government. sovereignty is located outside the government. th

dr. larry arnn, president of hillsdale college. in hillsdale, michigan. let me read the first three sentences of the wikipedia site for your school. it is a co-educational liberal rights college known for its refusal of goved funding. the national review has described it as the citadel of skevbtism. -- conservatism. let's stop there. is that right? >> it is an old college. it is 165 years old now. the reason it is a bastion and fortress and citadel of conservatism is, it is very stiff and stern about its old document. we stick by that. that is conservatism in a way, but what that document says, it repeats in different words some of the principles in the declaration of independence. that conservatism is tied to the liberalism of the american founding. >> what about this refusal of government funding? >> that is a modern phenomenon. as is government funding a modern phenomenon. the government funding of college, direct aid to college and the students is the late 1950's or early 1960's thing that has grown rapidly since then. it was sparked in part by the sp

dr. larry arnn, president of hillsdale college in hillsdale, michigan. thank you, sir. national captioning institute] cable satellite corp. 2009] >> for a dvd copy of this program, call the number shown. for a free transcript, or to give us your comments about this program, visit us online. q & a programs are also available as c-span podcasts. >> next week on q & a the first in a two-part series on a new book on teddy roosevelt. our cameras accompany the book's author to west virginia. that's next sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. . .