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john adams was his greatest. enjoy the light of his life, especially later on he was just so when washington appointed john quincy as a minister in his own right and washington wrote him a really nice letter, adams basically said, i don't i'm not asking for any, so i don't do that appointment for me. and washington said i would be basic i'm paraphrasing, but i would be a fool not to him, because he's one of the best diplomatic minds. and i want in our service and adams just dies. he's so happy he can't handle my favorite letter. however he wrote when john quincy adams was elected president. and it's very short. it's very simple. and he basically says, like, i don't have words and for john adams to not have words, it's like really saying something. but he says like, i don't even know how to express what i am feeling. and and and it was it was returns. john adams was probably a hard father. he was very demanding john quincy adams was equally demanding of himself. but so that it was certainly sometimes hard. but he w
john adams was his greatest. enjoy the light of his life, especially later on he was just so when washington appointed john quincy as a minister in his own right and washington wrote him a really nice letter, adams basically said, i don't i'm not asking for any, so i don't do that appointment for me. and washington said i would be basic i'm paraphrasing, but i would be a fool not to him, because he's one of the best diplomatic minds. and i want in our service and adams just dies. he's so happy...
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and when john adams president. so she made all of it and she was john adams number one advisor. so there is a phenomenal biography of her called abigail adams by woody holton. i highly recommend cannot get enough credit. yes abigail adams. isabel dement material she's long since passed but came out in the 1960s. it is completely and totally out of print. forget the long title. just like the declaration of principles if you can find it. god bless you. if you can't find it, keep looking. she had access to james harris, the ambassador in st petersburg, to his diary, and really dug through a lot of details. sometimes the strategic story gets lost for the details, but. by far the best and perhaps the only book about the army neutrality that's available. if i can add a book west of the revolution, talking what's happening around america's while we're rebelling on the east coast. so let's dabble a little bit into the what if with the last. so there are some honorary citizenships that is given to certain individuals the revolutionary period we we didn't about the spanish de but bernardo
and when john adams president. so she made all of it and she was john adams number one advisor. so there is a phenomenal biography of her called abigail adams by woody holton. i highly recommend cannot get enough credit. yes abigail adams. isabel dement material she's long since passed but came out in the 1960s. it is completely and totally out of print. forget the long title. just like the declaration of principles if you can find it. god bless you. if you can't find it, keep looking. she had...
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caller: john adams, abraham lincoln. three tkoer reviews, martin luther king were all of these trials well attended and considered in a sense entertainment? dan: i want to go through in my head each. the answer is absolutely. in each one of these five cases the courtroom was filled with people. there were more people there than the courtroom could handle in every single one. for some it was entertainment. for others it was their life. it was really important to them. in the abe lincoln case it much for entertainment. it was murder and interesting. in the alabama v king the people in the pews were impacted. they were people who had a vested interest in the outcome. jack ruby case i think again was more entertainment. people were interested, fascinated by saying jack rebeccay. so, it depends on the case as to the motivation for the people who were there. but in every single one of the cases even though the majority of them with the exception of the john adams case had largely been forgotten to history, when they happened,
caller: john adams, abraham lincoln. three tkoer reviews, martin luther king were all of these trials well attended and considered in a sense entertainment? dan: i want to go through in my head each. the answer is absolutely. in each one of these five cases the courtroom was filled with people. there were more people there than the courtroom could handle in every single one. for some it was entertainment. for others it was their life. it was really important to them. in the abe lincoln case it...
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but i think it was largely thanks to john adams's defense, and i think part of it was john adams himself was the defense attorney helped enormously. host: did his reputation suffer among the colonialists after the trial? dan: it suffered immediately when he took the case. but after the case was over there came to be an acceptance including his cousin samuel adams who was one of the biggest rabble rousers of the time, there came to be an acceptance that he had represented clients, he had not crossed the line, he was very careful in his defense not to impugn the colonialists, the citizens that were there as much as possible. he had to present a claim of self-defense but didn't cross the line of attacking or blaming them. he tried to more get the jury into the minds of the british soldiers. host: what about the hunt for transcripts on this one? dan: this within it is amazing there's a transcript at all. but they recognized at the time how important the case was. the transcript is pretty bad, meaning john adams had a tribeer himself who was taking down details of what was happeninged a it of
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shots fired, john adams, attorney.iously he was going to defend the boston massacre revolutionary, correct? >> not obvious, know and appreciate the set up. not obvious at all. very unpopular when john adams agreed to takee the case of the boston holders accused in the boston massacre he had rocks thrown through his window and this was a guy on the colonial team. t he was one of the activists they appreciated, was on their side. here he is willing to take a case if you were willing to even consider. they had to send s in a friend f one of the accused. this is still british controlled pony, still in intersection of the birds and americans living there but a very unpopular case for john adams and is cited by criminal defense lawyers sometimes unfairly so as an example of why lawyers sometimes take on unpopular causes but this was the ultimate example and oneon thing i found interesting as we dug into the case is it was more nuanced in the image we have, that picture of a bunch of british soldiers with their muskets pointe
shots fired, john adams, attorney.iously he was going to defend the boston massacre revolutionary, correct? >> not obvious, know and appreciate the set up. not obvious at all. very unpopular when john adams agreed to takee the case of the boston holders accused in the boston massacre he had rocks thrown through his window and this was a guy on the colonial team. t he was one of the activists they appreciated, was on their side. here he is willing to take a case if you were willing to even...
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i think it was largely thanks to john adams defense. i think part of it was john adamsef himself was the defense attorney i think helped enormously as well. >> did his reputation suffer. >> it suffered immediately on the case. after it was over there was an acceptances . there came to be an acceptance that he had represented clients, he had not crossed the line, he wasar very careful in his defene not to impugn the colonial, the citizens that were there as much ass possible. he had to present a claim ofla self-defense, but he did not cross the line and attacking them or blaming them, so to speak. he tried to more get the jury into the mind of the british soldiers. >> what about the hunt for ritranscripts on this one, dan abrams. >> this one it is amazing that there is a transcript at all. they recognize that the time how important of a case this was. the transcript is pretty bad, inmeaning john adams had a transcriber himself who was taking down details of what was happening and it often conflicted with the official transcript so we had
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but even john adams eventually had to acknowledge the pamphlet's extraordinary power. after the war was won months later, add tams -- adams wrote that -- [inaudible] indeed, this little 46-page pamphlet would soon push the members of the second continental congress to adopt independence as the fundamental objective of their escalating war with britain. their july 1776 declaration of independence owed an obvious department to "common sense." thomas paine had no hand in drafting the declaration, because by then paine was no longer in pennsylvania. he had joined the continental army on its march towards new york to try to capture that city from the british. but the british would soon put the continental army on their back foot, forcing them to retreat back across new jersey towards their headquarters in philadelphia. paine was with them as they advanced forward, he was with them as they had gone back working as an aide throughout that dispiriting summer and fall campaign. it was as the continental army fell back to trenton that tom paine authored the first and most famous
but even john adams eventually had to acknowledge the pamphlet's extraordinary power. after the war was won months later, add tams -- adams wrote that -- [inaudible] indeed, this little 46-page pamphlet would soon push the members of the second continental congress to adopt independence as the fundamental objective of their escalating war with britain. their july 1776 declaration of independence owed an obvious department to "common sense." thomas paine had no hand in drafting the...
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you mentioned that earlier as we get into john adams so let's to thehe boston message that john adams there really hasn't been so the british is in place and they are trying to figure out exactly how things ought to work in terms of the ecosystem moving forward. we should and then in the boston massacre trial there is a little more formality with the judge and the courts but is still i think by the time the teddy roosevelt case in 1859 and 1915 now is the be the system has become much more of a what happens next? the appellate process and beyond. and by the time we get to alabama what is interesting is how long was that was an interesting angle is not chronological and linear but then it shows you how the serve in the chat ruby trial the facts but then you have the lindbergh kidnapping and other cases but still the evolution of the law is not necessarily linear. >> on the issue of civil rights, when you look at the way the law was is that i do think with the advent of social media and there are more checks of the process but their position is biased and not fair and it is a basic many
you mentioned that earlier as we get into john adams so let's to thehe boston message that john adams there really hasn't been so the british is in place and they are trying to figure out exactly how things ought to work in terms of the ecosystem moving forward. we should and then in the boston massacre trial there is a little more formality with the judge and the courts but is still i think by the time the teddy roosevelt case in 1859 and 1915 now is the be the system has become much more of a...
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but even john adams had to eventually acknowledge the pamphlets extraordinary power. after the war was won, much later, adams wrote that, without the pen of the author of common sense, this word of washington would have been raised in vain. indeed, this little, 46 page pamphlet would soon push the members of the second continental congress to adopt independents as the fundamental objective of their escalating war with britain. they're july 1776 declaration of independence owed an obvious debt to common sense. although tom paine himself had no hand in drafting the declaration. because, by then, paine was no longer in pennsylvania. he had joined the continental army on its march toward new york to try to capture that city from the british. but the british would soon put the continental army on the back foot, forcing them to retreat back across new jersey towards their headquarters in philadelphia. paine was with them as they had advanced forward and then he was with them as they fell back. working as an aide to come through so out that dispiriting summer and fall campaig
but even john adams had to eventually acknowledge the pamphlets extraordinary power. after the war was won, much later, adams wrote that, without the pen of the author of common sense, this word of washington would have been raised in vain. indeed, this little, 46 page pamphlet would soon push the members of the second continental congress to adopt independents as the fundamental objective of their escalating war with britain. they're july 1776 declaration of independence owed an obvious debt...
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john adams drafted this constitution. you've already written about what government should look like in a pamphlet that was a response to common sense it came out of fema after common sense, in the spring of 1776. >> adams was writing to try to reassure people who are worried about independents that americans could create governments that can be orderly. they can have orderly republics. by 1778, adams was also looking at things that had happen in pennsylvania, and things that were going on in his own state of massachusetts. what this popular legislature did in pennsylvania, and basically what the legislature then in massachusetts was doing before this constitution, was a lot of people pleasing things. they were making it hard for debtors to collect debts, while soldiers were away fighting the war. people's estate and mortgages were getting behind. these legislators were giving people debt protection. they were controlling the price of food as they skyrocketed in boston, and philadelphia, and other cities. they were doing t
john adams drafted this constitution. you've already written about what government should look like in a pamphlet that was a response to common sense it came out of fema after common sense, in the spring of 1776. >> adams was writing to try to reassure people who are worried about independents that americans could create governments that can be orderly. they can have orderly republics. by 1778, adams was also looking at things that had happen in pennsylvania, and things that were going on...
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john adams felt confident enough on december 30th, 1796. so several months after the elections had begun to write back to abigail saying, i believe that. i know the outcome. but he wasn't sure and he wasn't sure until he himself opened the results on february 8th. 1797 in declared himself the winner that actually left him just about a month for the actual. so the timeline i think essential there fast forward four years. of course the result a little bit different the by the time he came around to opening the earth excuse me by the time thomas jefferson opened the results in 1801, it was pretty clear everyone knew that john had lost, but it wasn't clear who had actually won. and just a little of a refresher, of course, aaron burr and thomas jefferson were tied in that election. it took 36 ballots to select who indeed going to be the next president. and in that process, john adams, thomas jefferson and burr were all invited to meddle that process to try and put thumb on the scale to determine who was going to be the right person. and as these
john adams felt confident enough on december 30th, 1796. so several months after the elections had begun to write back to abigail saying, i believe that. i know the outcome. but he wasn't sure and he wasn't sure until he himself opened the results on february 8th. 1797 in declared himself the winner that actually left him just about a month for the actual. so the timeline i think essential there fast forward four years. of course the result a little bit different the by the time he came around...
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and john adams drafted this constitution. he had already written about what government should look like in a pamphlet. that was kind of a response to common sense. it came out just a few months after common sense in the spring of 1776. adams was writing to try to reassure people who were worried about independence that americans could create governments, but they would still that could still be kind of orderly that they could be have orderly republics. in this pamphlet of 1776 but by 1778 adams was also looking at things that had happened in, pennsylvania. and things that were going on in his own home state of massachusetts. so, you know, what what this popular legislature did in pennsylvania, and basically what the you know, what the legislature then in massachusetts was doing before this constitution. they were doing a lot of people pleasing things. they were making it hard for debtors to collect debts while veterans were away or soldiers were away fighting the war, you know people's. states and mortgages were getting behin
and john adams drafted this constitution. he had already written about what government should look like in a pamphlet. that was kind of a response to common sense. it came out just a few months after common sense in the spring of 1776. adams was writing to try to reassure people who were worried about independence that americans could create governments, but they would still that could still be kind of orderly that they could be have orderly republics. in this pamphlet of 1776 but by 1778 adams...
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and john adams drafted this constitution. he had already written about what government should look like in a pamphlet. that was kind of a response to common sense. it came out just a few months after common sense in the spring of 1776. adams was writing to try to reassure people who were worried about independence that americans could create governments, but they would still that could still be kind of orderly that they could be have orderly republics. in this pamphlet of 1776 but by 1778 adams was also looking at things that had happened in, pennsylvania. and things that were going on in his own home state of massachusetts. so, you know, what what this popular legislature did in pennsylvania, and basically what the you know, what the legislature then in massachusetts was doing before this constitution. they were doing a lot of people pleasing things. they were making it hard for debtors to collect debts while veterans were away or soldiers were away fighting the war, you know people's. states and mortgages were getting behin
and john adams drafted this constitution. he had already written about what government should look like in a pamphlet. that was kind of a response to common sense. it came out just a few months after common sense in the spring of 1776. adams was writing to try to reassure people who were worried about independence that americans could create governments, but they would still that could still be kind of orderly that they could be have orderly republics. in this pamphlet of 1776 but by 1778 adams...
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and an expert on the adams family -- john adams, abigail adams -- >> more tissue, up ugly, the whole group. >> she's got her hands in that. i want to expand on that. we know about -- we know a lot of these things. but what are the other voices. the other relationships? people who haven't read the book. people who want to get away from that. you were really interested in that. >> i think the first thing is, it almost important impossible to overestimate the importance of washington for lafayette. it's a thing he had in front of his mind always. but there were others, right? there is renaud, an enlightenment philosopher when he was very young and when you are trying to picture this obvious question -- like, when does lafayette first latch on to the notion of equality and liberty as something that someone should strive for. i think some of it comes from -- , who wrote this huge thing, the history of the two -- , which is ostensibly a very boring history of french colonial -- french colonial counties in the americas. but he smuggled in all of these incredibly seditious materials and thin
and an expert on the adams family -- john adams, abigail adams -- >> more tissue, up ugly, the whole group. >> she's got her hands in that. i want to expand on that. we know about -- we know a lot of these things. but what are the other voices. the other relationships? people who haven't read the book. people who want to get away from that. you were really interested in that. >> i think the first thing is, it almost important impossible to overestimate the importance of...
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president john adams ultimately lost to vice president thomas jefferson, and while the transfer of power
president john adams ultimately lost to vice president thomas jefferson, and while the transfer of power
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john adams and jefferson i call one of their intellectual feuds was aware did the american revolution start? adams always believed it began with the boston tea party and the boston massacre. it really began in massachusetts. jefferson clung to the idea it was patrick henry who launched it in virginia. they had an intellectual dispute on the origins of the american revolution. their letters to each other should be mandatory reading. i consider them foundational text meaning the u.s. constitution, declaration of independence, bill of rights. i would look to see at the adams jefferson letters as a volume that tells us how in a democracy you can hammer at each other, run these very ugly and difficult elections and still promote american democracy. you see people like bill clinton become very good friends with george herbert walker bush. and george w. bush for that matter. gerald ford who richard norton smith is writing this amazing biography of, ford and jimmy carter became incredibly close it. they ran against each other in 1976. but on this fourth of july we celebrate calvin coolidge gr
john adams and jefferson i call one of their intellectual feuds was aware did the american revolution start? adams always believed it began with the boston tea party and the boston massacre. it really began in massachusetts. jefferson clung to the idea it was patrick henry who launched it in virginia. they had an intellectual dispute on the origins of the american revolution. their letters to each other should be mandatory reading. i consider them foundational text meaning the u.s....
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but john adams, yes, they very famously rekindled their correspondence. hey had become good friends and it was here in france, actually, adams, it was kind of an all-star lineup of diplomats when jefferson got there. ben benjamin franklin and john adams were already there as ambassadors, as ministers to friends too. tony joined them. and adams and jefferson had worked together in the continental conference. congress. and they bonded together. his family inherits jefferson visited adams in english and they towards some of those english gardens together, so they were very close friends. they broke apart bitterly, you know, over the politics of the 17 90s. and then in their retirement, they rekindled the correspondence. they did not talk about slavery, almost never, in the letters. and i suspect it was because adams didn't bring it up, because he knew this was a painful subject, it was one that jefferson didn't have a good answer for. he didn't like confrontation, jefferson didn't. he was a wonderful, he was a magnificent letter writer. there are almost like
but john adams, yes, they very famously rekindled their correspondence. hey had become good friends and it was here in france, actually, adams, it was kind of an all-star lineup of diplomats when jefferson got there. ben benjamin franklin and john adams were already there as ambassadors, as ministers to friends too. tony joined them. and adams and jefferson had worked together in the continental conference. congress. and they bonded together. his family inherits jefferson visited adams in...
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on the fourth, john adams and jefferson, one of their what i call low simmering intellectual feuds was, where did the american revolution start? adams always believed it began with the boston tea party. and the boston massacre. that it really began in massachusetts. and jefferson cling to the idea that it was patrick henry who launched it in virginia. so, they had an intellectual dispute over the origins of the american revolution. but their letters to each other should be mandatory reading. i consider them foundational texts. my foundational text i mean the u.s. constitution, declaration of independence, bill of rights. but i would look to see at the wynn jefferson adams letters who both died on the fourth, as volumes to tell us how in a democracy you can hammer at each other, and these very ugly and difficult elections but still become friends. and still promote american democracy. in recent, years we've seen people like bill clinton become very good friends with george herbert walker bush. and actually, george w. bush for that matter. and gerald ford, who richard naughton smith is w
on the fourth, john adams and jefferson, one of their what i call low simmering intellectual feuds was, where did the american revolution start? adams always believed it began with the boston tea party. and the boston massacre. that it really began in massachusetts. and jefferson cling to the idea that it was patrick henry who launched it in virginia. so, they had an intellectual dispute over the origins of the american revolution. but their letters to each other should be mandatory reading. i...
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he said you mentioned adam says in john adams and he tweeted out with jessica's question. there any lessons or takeaways that you took from lafayette? >> just a very small thing because we don't have much time. the thing about, okay there is a tendency that people often have two subconsciously believe that things like progress and reform change for the better are just things that happen. look back on history. history is really progress. you don't worry about things will get better because progress will take care of it capital p progress but aren't things better for this group in that group? yes and you want to know why, because people fought for it and people went out and did something about it and the very people who you think are like radicals today and he would say to them why are you making such a big deal about it? we will do? we will do? we will do anchorman to reform and even incremental reform doesn't happen without lots of people making it happen. lafayette was somebody who from the very beginning of his life and to the end of his life was constantly using his mon
he said you mentioned adam says in john adams and he tweeted out with jessica's question. there any lessons or takeaways that you took from lafayette? >> just a very small thing because we don't have much time. the thing about, okay there is a tendency that people often have two subconsciously believe that things like progress and reform change for the better are just things that happen. look back on history. history is really progress. you don't worry about things will get better because...
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he only he only talked about that in private and and didn't and not in public with john adams. yes. he they very famously rekindled their correspondence. they'd become good friends and it was here in france. actually adams was one of it was kind of an all-star lineup of diplomats when jefferson got there benjamin franklin and john adams were already there as ambassadors as ministers to france too. so he joined them and he they had you know, adams and jefferson had worked together in the continental continental congress. they bonded even more and and he with her whole family there in paris. he visited jefferson visited adams in england and they toured some of those english gardens together, so they were very close friends. they broke apart bitterly, you know over the politics of the 1790s and then in their retirement, they rekindled the correspondence. they did not talk about slavery almost never in in the letters and i suspect it was because atoms didn't bring it up because he knew this was a painful subject. it was one that jefferson didn't have a good answer for he didn't like conf
he only he only talked about that in private and and didn't and not in public with john adams. yes. he they very famously rekindled their correspondence. they'd become good friends and it was here in france. actually adams was one of it was kind of an all-star lineup of diplomats when jefferson got there benjamin franklin and john adams were already there as ambassadors as ministers to france too. so he joined them and he they had you know, adams and jefferson had worked together in the...
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president john adams ultimately lost to vice president thomas jefferson, and while the transfer of power was ultimately peaceful, adams did forego his successor's inauguration. i think that has also happened another time or two, but i won't bring that up. [laughter] and those two men actually remained at odds for many, many, years. it was only later during their retirement did they actually rekindle their friendship, discussing many different topics in their correspondance, including the topic of death. adams actually wrote to jefferson in 1822 these words, quote, i answer your question, is death an evil? it is not an evil. it is a blessing to the individual and to the world. yet, we ought not to wish for it, to life becomes insupportable, end quote. he was 86 years old when he wrote this note. perhaps adams had become comfortable with the idea of leaving the world. it was four years later that both men, adams and jefferson, passed away on the same exact day. july 4th, 1826. and while he was not present when his father died, john quincy adams later recorded his father's last words, three
president john adams ultimately lost to vice president thomas jefferson, and while the transfer of power was ultimately peaceful, adams did forego his successor's inauguration. i think that has also happened another time or two, but i won't bring that up. [laughter] and those two men actually remained at odds for many, many, years. it was only later during their retirement did they actually rekindle their friendship, discussing many different topics in their correspondance, including the topic...
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the tactics of john adams side. right. there were rumors that persisted that rachel jackson's marriage had not legally ended before she married andrew jackson. and these kinds of rumors circulated during the campaign. right. and jackson would attribute them to contributing to her death. right. so jackson is without a wife. his secretary of state and chief diplomat martin buren was also a widower by point in time. so some believe that with official position of first lady being empty that peggy eaton might fill role. right. might be the symbolic head of washington society. right. to be clear, she would not. it's going be jackson's late wife's niece, emily donaldson, who will fill that role. but there is a lot of anxiety that. this woman, right. is going to be, you know, organizing parties and events at the white house in the name of administration. right now, some of these fears and anxieties about too much democracy are going to seem to come true. as you can see here in this rendering of inauguration day at the white house.
the tactics of john adams side. right. there were rumors that persisted that rachel jackson's marriage had not legally ended before she married andrew jackson. and these kinds of rumors circulated during the campaign. right. and jackson would attribute them to contributing to her death. right. so jackson is without a wife. his secretary of state and chief diplomat martin buren was also a widower by point in time. so some believe that with official position of first lady being empty that peggy...
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i will tell you, as a point of pride, i have already broken john adams record of tie-breaking votes in senate and my first year. [applause] i cannot wait to cast the tie-breaking vote to pass the women's health protection act. [applause] and the john lewis voting rights advancement act. i cannot wait. just two more seats. one of them right here. two more seats. pennsylvania democrats, we know what we stand for. we know what to fight for. and in this beautiful place that first defined the meaning of freedom and liberty, we have 11 days to fight like we have never fought before. the thing that i know about everyone in this room, when we find, we win. thank you, a god bless you, may god bless america. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. we are fueled by these television companies and more, including comcast. >> no, it is way more than that. >> comcast is partnering with 1000 community centers so students from low income families can get what they need to be ready for anything. mcast supports c-span as a public service, along with these other television providers. >> c
i will tell you, as a point of pride, i have already broken john adams record of tie-breaking votes in senate and my first year. [applause] i cannot wait to cast the tie-breaking vote to pass the women's health protection act. [applause] and the john lewis voting rights advancement act. i cannot wait. just two more seats. one of them right here. two more seats. pennsylvania democrats, we know what we stand for. we know what to fight for. and in this beautiful place that first defined the...
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what kind of men and women did this rep -- listen to the words of abigail adams, wife of john adams, writing to her son john quincy during the war. abigail was trying to persuade kherson across the atlantic to join his father in prince -- john quincy does not want to go. he would rather go to college. his mother has a different sense of his obligations. here's a piece of what she wrote him. these are the times in which a genius would wish to lift. it is not in the still calm of life that great characters are formed. the habits of a vigorous mind are formed in contending with difficulties, she says! contending with difficulties! great necessities call out great virtues! and formed the character of the hero and the statesman. now, i put the question to you, ladies and gentlemen, if you got a letter like that from your mother, what would you do? you would get on the boat! you know you would. you get on that boat. the character of the hero and the statesman is forged in the fires of a great contest. a great difficulty in the crucible of war. and war has come upon them. with a firm relian
what kind of men and women did this rep -- listen to the words of abigail adams, wife of john adams, writing to her son john quincy during the war. abigail was trying to persuade kherson across the atlantic to join his father in prince -- john quincy does not want to go. he would rather go to college. his mother has a different sense of his obligations. here's a piece of what she wrote him. these are the times in which a genius would wish to lift. it is not in the still calm of life that great...