as the english statesman edmund burke said, during an impeachment trial in 1788, it is by this tribunal that statesmen who abuse their power are accused by statesmen and tried by statesmen. not upon the niceties of a narrow jurisprudence, but upon the enlarged and solid principles of state morality. under the constitution and under our authorization from the house of representatives, this inquiry is neither a court of law nor a partisan proceeding. it is an inquiry which must result in a decision, a judgment based on facts which must stand for all time. in his statement of april 30th, the 1972, president nixon told the american people that he had been deceived by subordinates into believing that none of the members of his administration or his personal campaign committee were implicated in the watergate break-in and that none had participated in efforts to cover up that illegal activity. a critical question this committee must now decide is whether the president was deceived by his closest political associates or whether they were, in fact, carrying out his policies and decisions. this

edmund burke, thomas paine, the birth of the right in the left.that is i have quoted edmund burke and so much during my political career never really studied his background. this gives me an opportunity as i read a short synopsis of this book, gives me an opportunity to find out what a conservative that thinks you ought to have incremental change versus the other rider that thinks you ought to do it by revolution and make change very quickly. so it's the difference between what i would call edmund burke the conservative. i would even call thomas paine a conservative. people might disagree with my analysis of paine but they seem to be people, how they want to change more than exactly that they disagreed on what ought to be done. so since i have quoted these people so much during my political career i want to study them in depth and i have never done it. .. look for these in bookstores this weekend watch for the authors in the near future on booktv and on booktv.org. >> that is flood dome of the capital, taken from the washington convention center w

and the little platoons, as edmund burke talked about, oft families, church groups, small businesses,little shops-volunteer organizations, helping each other, building their communities. that is not only what works in america. that is what made us the best and greatest and most compassionate nation in history. it's also what creates our love for each other. we're not patriots and lovers of america because of a big federal government. we love counselor tribecause of the people -- love our country because of the people closest to us, our families, communities, people we know, the opportunities we have to do things for ourselves. it's not what other people do for us. it's a very different philosophy than central planning and central management. the people over here in the capital, so many of them -- it's not about making 0 you free. it's about controlling your life, believing they know better than you do how to make decisions, and when you start looking at the different issues you can really see how this breaks out. because for several decades in washington, the people who wanted to cont

the reason i am very interested in that is i have quoted edmund burke so much during my political careeris background and this gives me an opportunity, i read a short synopsis of this book, gives me an opportunity to find out what a conservative that things you ought to have an incremental change versus the other rider that thinks you ought to do it by revolution and make change fairly quickly so it is a difference between what i would call edmund burke conservative, i would even call thomas paine a conservative. people might disagree with my analysis of thomas paine but they seem to be people, how they want to change, more than exactly that they disagree on what ought to be done. since i quoted these people so much during my political career, i want to study them in depth and i have never done that. >> what are you reading this summer? tell us what is on your summer reading list, tweet us at booktv, post it to our face book page or send us an e-mail, booktv@c-span.org. >> some books being published this week, gail sheehy in daring:my passes. eisenhower:a life, paul johnson examines the

as the english statesman edmund burke said, during an impeachment trial in 1788, it is by this tribunal that statesmen who abuse their power are accused by statesmen and tried by statesmen. not upon the niceties of a narrow jurisprudence, but upon the enlarged and solid principles of state morality. under the constitution and under our authorization from the house of representatives, this inquiry is neither a court of law nor a partisan proceeding. it is an inquiry which must result in a decision, a judgment based on facts which must stand for all time. in his statement of april 30th, the 1972, president nixon told the american people that he had been deceived by subordinates into believing that none of the members of his administration or his personal campaign committee were implicated in the watergate break-in and that none had participated in efforts to cover up that illegal activity. a critical question this committee must now decide is whether the president was deceived by his closest political associates or whether they were, in fact, carrying out his policies and decisions. this

it didn't come from the government down, it came from the people and the little platoons, as edmund burke talked about, of families, of church groups, of small businesses, of little shops, volunteer organizations helping each other, building their communities. that's not only what works in america, that's what made us the best and greatest and most compassionate be nation in history. it's also what creates our love for each other. we're not patriots and lovers of america because of a big federal government, we love our country because of the people that are closest to us. our families, our communities, the people that we know, the opportunities that we have to do things for ourselves. it's not what other people do for us. it's a very different philosophy than central planning and central management which goes back to where i started. the people sitting over here in the capitol, so many of them, it's not about making you free, it's about controlling your life. believing they know better than you do how to make decisions. and when you start looking at the different issues, you can really se