you heard it in leon cass' reading of one of the excerpts of the farewell address from george washington. it is -- a new term to describe the american presidency. now this energy was derived from the -- another word which is to be found in the political philosophy of john, the great philosopher of liberalism. understanding liberalism in a generic sense which includes both liberals and conservatives today. philosophy of rights. even a philosophy of rights needs prerogative according to luck. he defines prerogative as doing public good without a rule. beyond the law, even against the l law, you have prerogative like this in a -- constitution he set up a distinction between what's constitutional and what's for the public good. the american founders thought that that was not a wise distinction to put about. and it is better to have the public good within the constitution. and, therefore, better to have a power within the constitution than king act for the public good without a rule. beyond law or even against the law. you can get the same result as prerogative if you bring the necessity of d

aei scholar leon cass will read passages from the farewell address and serve as moderator. diana schaub, coeditor of "what so proudly we hail" will comment on the address. richard brookheiser, editor at national review and author of bieg ti fis of washington, hamilton and madison will speak about president as exemplary president. author of books on burke, machiavelli and the theory of executive power will consider the role of the presidency in the american polity. finally aei scholar steven hayward, author of biographies of ronald reagan and winston churchill and his new politically incorrect guide to the presidents wilson to obama will discuss the modern presidency in the light of its earlier history. we hope to have time at the end for discussion among the panelists and for questions from the floor. biographical stechs of our panelists should be available on the sheets that were provided outside as well as online at whatsoproudlywehail.org. so, too, is the text of washington's farewell address to which we now turn. thank you. >> i'm going to read a few selections from the