>> i think roger sherman of connecticut. interestingly, the two founding fathers who were born in relatively poor are benjamin franklin, who makes it up close to the top. but roger sherman who is, by the way, one of only five signers of the declaration of independence who also signed the united states constitution, most americans today, as you know, really do merge these two documents together. .. like inspector attendance tendons in the town of hartford connecticut, serving and paying salaries for government jobs that never but never had the kind of independent wealth that most of the framers did. see the last question is this. how does the constitution promote and maintain peace? >> well again, tom paine in common sense said that, he set a couple of things. first he said that the government in its best state is a necessary evil and in its worst state a powerful one which i think nicely sort of defines this intention that we have today in our debates about the role of government. just a paragraph later he said that the two

bicameral ideas, which was created by two wonderful senators from connecticut, oliver sherman and, roger sherman and oliver ellsworth to say the constituconstitu tional convention in the 18th century. had the right idea that the house, the rules, absolute guarantee the rights of majority. i served there, on the rules committee. the brilliant idea down the hall we created another body that would have equal representation of all states and with the rights of the minority including a minority of one would be sacrosanct. forcing the institution, the congress, to deliberate and think about things before there was a tyranny of the majority could happen. having served under all these different configurations i always find it interesting that those who are in the majority want to get rid of the filibuster, the other ideas. those who spend a few years -- when ideas come along. that are dreadful, do great damage to the country. and so this is a rough period we'rweare in and i agree with t. i don't disagree. saddens me to watch but also as i said earlier have a lot of confidence they can come back. and wha