." >> thomas adams is the youngest son. why did he do that? >> this is one way that i will come to edit a lot of articles. i will watch something on tv, and i will look it up to see what is there. i was watching the hbo miniseries "john adams" and noticed there is not one for his young this, ne'er-do-well son. i will create one. there is not a whole lot out there about him to be found on the internet. i put together what i could. i have not looked at him for a while. it is not longer than what i put together. >> the other is of the clobbered israel stand which -- "british royal sandwich." >> it was a listing on a page called a desired article, articles people wished existed. the phrase amuse me. i looked it up. it is a term from british humor describing the on appetizing on the bridge's rail during the 1970's during the era of socialist era. it was a funny topic. there's enough reliable sources to create a good article. >> you took your computer and up yourcan you pick computer and type in "british nwich."id whi >> it was not a great deal of i

one adam smith's "local nations" two thomas payne and. why did you pick those? >> adam smith was a philosophy professor and he was a scotsman and there was a lot going on in scotland at the time and he had this capacity to just look at this massive separate little facts and bring them into an organized story of a free economy, what he was interested in. he didn't call it capitalism. and he explained how capitalism emerged and long accumulation of capital and then the application of the division of labor that enhanced production. and it laid the basis, it laid the basis of economics, which was furthered by david ricardo and malthus and other people. but it also laid the basis of this self-corrected economy. of course, adam smith is the one who had the idea of the invisible hand. he said, you know, it's not through benevolence that we get bread and beer from the brewer and the baker, it's from their own self-interest in competing to produce a good product at a lower price and we benefit. and that's been kind of the linchpin of capitalism ever since, yes, they had t

our first two vice presidents, john adams and thomas jefferson, both became president. so why wouldn't aaron burr? um, he also, though, was a different sort of person. he had -- i don't mean to make, be too flip, but in many ways he's the bad boy of the founding. he had a different take on the great figures we tend to mythologize, the leaders of that era. it is something i probably participated in some of the myth making myself. but burr knew them, and he didn't think they were such hot stuff. he thought george washington was sort of dumb, he thought alexander hamilton was really unpresentable, just -- he was a bore, just was unacceptable in his behavior. and he thought thomas jefferson was a coward. he, in his personal life, made some unconventional choices. he married a woman ten years older than he. certainly not the custom at the time. she was a widow, at the time, of a british officer. that was a controversial thing to do. in fact, when they had started keeping company together, the british officer was still alive. [laughter] he did, somewhat conveniently for the m

. >> so, you mentioned adam smith and then we went to thomas payne and we've talked a little bit about the declaration of independence. i want to go back to that time. what role did capitalism play in the creation of this country? >> well, this country was tied to salute front-runner, great britain, so they had been economically active and innovative from the very beginning. in massachusetts, in virginia, and virginia unfortunately was a slave system, but it was highly capital intensive, massachusetts is much more plucky, entrepreneur. and this meant that it fostered individualism, individual initiative and individual responsibility. those are kind of the moral -- the moral bedrock of capitalism. you have to take care of yourself, and you have to act on your own. so, i think they had a lot to do with causing the revolution. people felt confident. when the british try and change the rules, they're not at all happy about it, and they're not afraid to oppose it. and so i would say that economic initiative, you know, economic initiative was -- widespread economic initiative was critical to

that kill jobs, we're facing that as opposed to that invisible hand in a free market, adam smith and more recent thomasole speak of, what america's foundation is and how it grew to be a prosperous, and healthy and voluntarily generous nation based on free market enterprise. >> sean: and i said this to governor perry, there are questions you can ask about governor romney and distinctions from his record versus your record. a good record as you point out in texas of job creation here and i guess as, you know, as time goes on, i'm just not sure if this is-- it sounded to me, let me be more-- it sounded like the attacks, if governor romney gets the rom nation, they'd make against him or frankly any republican that got the nomination, did you not hear that at all? >> you know, what i heard was a little bit what's going on today, is some innoculation of the candidate itself. the front runner and what it is that he's going to face when he comes up against barack obama. nobody should be surprised that things about bain capital and maybe tax returns, not being released yet and maybe some, you know, records not

after all, john adams is president between church rushing 10 and thomas jefferson. harry truman between you and clint roosevelt and. all are accounted figures, and history at a new icon who humanized history. and he is also celebrated the human stories behind great event that the building of the panama canal, the brooklyn bridge and also a historic tragedies like the johnstown flood. david mccullough is our season chronicler. his latest book is the greater journey, americans in paris. the 19th century story of americans turning back across the atlantic to discover the science, the art and learning of the old world, even at a time when other americans were churning physically to this specifics to discover national resources, national beauty of challenges of the american frontier. america was opening up a new world physically in the west while in reaching itself culturally and intellectually in the great city of lights and the journey eastward across the sea. ladies and gentlemen, david mccullough came into my office two days after the first national book festival to

adams that the united states ought to have a respectable navy. they went out of power in 1800. the federalists. into power came to worse--from their point of view the worst imaginable person, thomas jefferson. jefferson had opposed washington and oppose adams on the navy. jefferson's support obviously -- jefferson tried to have a smaller navy given the fact he had to fight the war with tripoli. he succeeded in keeping it very small and madison was his successor and went along with them. that is why we had such a small navy going into 1812. the federalists during madison's administration screaming for a larger navy. they supported the navy. if you want to know, to answer your question to what degree were the federalists responsible for what an excellent small navy we had, a lot. is the answer. i should also say the officers were non-political. they kept out of politics. they agreed with washington and adams that the officer in uniform had no business in politics. it was not a political navy but the federalists supported them. federalists--big time. thank you very much. great audience. i will be here signing books. >> this event was hosted by waterstreet bookstore in new hampshire.

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so, john adams was elected president and then his opponent, thomas jefferson, was elected vice president. sort of odd. then the election of 1800, they didn't want to have that happen again, so all the republicans, that was jefferson jefferson's party, voted a straight for jefferson and burr who was his vice presidential candidate. so the result was that burr and jefferson ended up in a tie. there was no winner. so under the constitution the election went into the house of representatives and in the house of representatives, the federalist decided they liked burr better than they like jefferson and they would vote for burr. but there were 35 ballots in the house of representatives. it took a week for the house to choose a president. really a constitutional crisis where burr sends a note and says, i want you to vote for me in the logjam breaks. now, that is not only a symptom of how new we were or how the constitution just was not working. we still have the electoral college. he will fix that. but, it also gives you some sense for why thomas jefferson might not have liked ehrenberg very mu

we should point out that the thomas jefferson campaign, that he had, quote, a hideous character which has neither the force or firmness of a man. the adams campaign responded by calling jefferson a mean spirited, low-lived fellow, the son after an indian, and quote, there is plenty of time for the 2012 insults to get better. new hampshire is only a week away and here's the part the bosses want me to say. results tonight at 11:00. >> definitely that is what we will have. >> all that name calling, i feel awful now. gary. >> we'll have the results tonight, thanks. >>> now from des moines is u.s.a. today political reporter, susan. thanks for talking with us this evening. we know this is going to be the beginning. could tonight be the end of the road for somebody? >> you know, it could be the start of a sprint. if mitt romney has a good night, then wins in new hampshire and does well in south carolina and concludes in florida in good shape, we could have a fast finish. we could have a process that goes well into the spring. >> romney, he spent much of his time hammering president obama, not his republican opponents. if he stays in the 20% ran

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what was brought forward by john adams and george washington and thomas jefferson -- i am all ears.il then, i am in favor of what was presented by the founders of this country and i will promote it. thank you, guys. [applause] >> in 2006, and you said to keep people from getting the cost of your health care to everybody else. whitey one to hold people who can hold health insurance accountable in massachusetts but you're not ok with that for everyone else? >> i didn't catch the last part. >> it just refers to help care. excuse me. hello. on the issues, health care. >> i know the topic. i did not understand that top peak. i do not think anyone is in favor of rising health-care costs. i have ideas about how to get them down. i think that is probably the most important signal issue we face, is how to get the cost down and keep the quality up. i am an old business die, so numbers are something i am familiar with. -- i am an old business guy, some numbers are something i am familiar with and i like. we spent 18%. the next asian the world spends about 12%. -- the next nation in the world s

if you can come up with one that is better, brought forward by john adams at george washington and thomas, i am all ears. until then, i am in favor of the one presented by the founders of this country. [applause] we will give you a microphone. >> in 2006, mandates are to ensure responsibility. passing the cost of health care to everyone else. why did you want to hold people that can afford health insurance accountable in massachusetts? >> i'm not sure about the last part, but the increasing cost, what is that? >> it refers to health care. excuse me. hello. on the issues, healthcare. >> i know the topic, but i don't understand the last part. i don't think anyone is in favor of rising health-care costs. i think it is probably the most important issue we face in this country today, how to get costs down and keep the quality of. -- up. i'm an old business guide, numbers are something not familiar with -- i am familiar with and kind of like. 18%, the next highest nation in the world spends about 12%. that is six points of difference in spent on health care. and you know how big your department

adam lopez, grande hernandez, eveline, yvonne johnson miller. if your names have been called, would you please come up? otherwise we're going to not have you speak. laura kirk, chapell barber, thomas lindsay. did you speak? ok, sorry. ok. go ahead. >> good evening. my name is thomas lindsay. i am a security guard at paul revere. i have been there since september. it's been great for me. it's been an ongoing experience. i deal with a lot of difficult kids, a lot of disciplinary action they deal with. one incident i had with a kid, they just happened to be of color. we have a lot of things going on, you know, at our school, but sheila is doing a great job, the whole staff is doing a great job. it's not a color thing. i'm there every day. latino, black, chinese, i think it's just us really coming together as a community, as a staff, just really being a family, being one unit and just getting on the same page. there are a lot of programs that are taking place and i just, you know, with parent support and with the faculty and staff and just all of us coming together, i think it will be a good thing and sheila is doing a great job. president mendoza: thank you. [applause] >> all right,

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thomas jefferson, who at least agonized about that. >> host: just to follow that up freelancer tweets in, which presidents owned slaves? >> guest: all the virginian, john tyler did. >> host: so the two adamshe two adams no. i don't know if van buren might have as a young man and maybe gave them up later on. i'm not sure about that. >> host: okay. all right. and this tweet as well from jim heinz. in its totality madison's presidency was pretty much a failure. the war of 1812 not necessary at all. >> guest: well, look, the resolution of the war of 1812 is status quo that's what the diplomats decide so nothing changes. the borders of the united states and canada remain the same. some of the issues that madison raised such as the sailors and british trade restrictions -- they were left off the table so you could certainly say it had no result. i think the result was an issue of national self-respect. the united states went from a nation that nobody had to pay any attention to a nation even great britain had to give some consideration to. so psychologically it was a second war of independence. >> host: and richard brookhiser writes, james madison father of politics was as creative and as signi

thomas jefferson who at least agonized about it. >> host: just to follow that up, freelancer tweets in which presidents owned slaves? >> guest: madison -- all the virginians, john tyler did -- >> host: the two adams guest: the two adams no. van buren may have as a young man and may have given them up later. i'm not sure about that. >> host: all right. this tweet from jim hines, in its totality, madison's presidency pretty much a failure. war of 1812 not necessary at all. >> guest: well, look, the resolution of the war of 1812 is status quo an sigh. that's what they decided. nothing changes. the borders of the united states and canada remain the same, some of the issues that madison raised like impressment of sailors and british trade restrictions were left off the table so you could certainly say it had no resolve. i think the result was an issue of national self-respect. united states was a nation nobody had to pay attention to that a nation that even great britain had to give consideration to. psychologically, it was a second war of independence. >> host: richard brookhiser writes in american history madison, james madison, father of politics, father of the constitution, politics is a spirit th