he could -- he would claim, that was thomas payne. he would sell one he could not aldiscipline, a man he put on a ship to barbados where he knew he had 3 years to live under the conditions and he told the captain of the ship, this guy is bad news knowing that like he might not even make it there, so i think he knew what he was doing. i think that washington did have a greatat sense for a certain group of people what was right and what was wrong and he did believe in ambition and opportunity and those are fundamental americans, certain group of people and i think, you know, he was a good friend. he could be a good friend to someone like lafayette. he was an amazing athlete. that is something -- everyone is grasping to describe, why him, wide dye they all -- why did they revere him? that was probably the greatest attribute that we can least describe. >> hi. i'm curious telling complicated narrative about a historical figure in the me too area trying to figure out what's black and what's white and how to make sense with gray areas, i'm t

it reminds me of the crisis by thomas payne, your sergeants have read to you.ote these are the times that try men's souls. the summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will in this crisis shrink from the service of their country. they deserve the love and thanks of man and woman. and my troops, you deserve that loving thanks. you're here with me now to continue our fight. i tip to remember that victory or death. colonel sergeant? >> yes? >> prepare the troops to board. >> that i will. >> ready? row away. >> the boats were meant to float down the river. they were not meant to go across the river. washington knew they could be valuable for transporting troops. basically ferries took people across the river, not the dorm boats. so they don't maneuver well going across the river. and they had to row them up the river and tack into the wind and the current and just to get them into position. they were meant to float down the river and to be pulled and down the river and steers with this big sweep orr that is in the aft end of the boat which you'll see out here today.

it reminds me of the crisis by thomas payne. your sergeants have read to you.the times for, the summer soldier and the sunshine patriots will in this crisis shrink from the service of their country, but he that stands it now deserves the love and thanks of men and women. and my troops, you deserve that love and thanks for. you are here with me now and continue our fight. i look forward to seeing you in trenton and remember, victory or death for. colonel sergeant? >> yes, your excellency. >> prepare the troops to board. >> washington knew they could be valuable for transporting troops, basically ferries to people across the river, not the durham votes, so they don't maneuver while going across the river, and it's a real art form. you have to row them up the river and take him to the wind in the courage to get them in positions, they were really meant to flip down the river, and to be pulled down the river and steered with this big sweep or that is in the back end of the vote what you will see out here today so, know they are not real manoeuvrable when you're goi

thomas payne, in the work the american crisis, wrote these are men's souls.t try ladies and gentlemen, i will tell you, at this time, we are definitely in a crisis, and the soul of the state of louisiana is being tried. the coronavirus is ravaging our state in the form of a disease called covid-19, and specifically, the numbers of african-americans who have succumbed to this disease is clearly disproportionate to the absolute number of black people who reside in this state. the explanations for this are multifactorial and i will try to elucidate some of these issues today as well as give solutions and finally try to give some hope and inspiration to my people's fight against the scourge of this pandemic. we know that this is a really difficult issue. we know that african-americans are very smart people and descendents of kings and queens. we are not weak or shiftless or slothful. every leader needs inspiration to find the fortitude to reach a collective goal. the challenge is, if on your road for excellence, there is a roadblock and then another roadblock, and then another roadblock,

our constitution is a silver frame around it and in order to form a perfect union, that thomas payne might say would give us our maximum freedom, we need to be responsible with our freedoms and we are not. the story we have on independence and our insistence on instead penance, our fourth amendment cannot protect us against terrorism. privacy cannot be done. the moving forward on these flood concepts that don't fit with reality what is your view? >> the constitution is flawed, there are several things that i would change if i could. a fix term for the president is maybe not a good idea. it should be easier to remove a president. especially when that is lost the confidence of the american people. i'm not a big fan of equal state suffrage in the senate. that is designed for a big world from it is going to be the case, it is projected within a few decades, that 80% of the population will live in 18 states. there will be dramatic distortion through the senate. not a huge fan of that. particularly the electoral college is a bad idea. [applause] conceivably, we could get around the elector

the idea has been attacked by thomas payne in an pamphlet called common sense but jefferson thinks he needs to deal with it and he does with the simple proposition all men are created equal. no one is born to rule. this is america. there are no kings here. so this looks like to modernize a broad moral principle maybe. it's a very compressed argument of political philosophy. we're going to see this again with the declaration so modernize because we're not as steeped in enlightenment as the drafters were, we tend to think of these things as broad moral principles. they're actually and they were understood at the time tightly compressed arguments of political philosophy. so all men are created equal, there are no kings. this is what i'm going to call for shorthanded jefferson's equality. there are no kings. but are there slaves? well, yes, of course there are. jefferson's equality tells you in sort of a literal sense kings don't exist. there is no such person as a king who is entitled by birth to demand obedience. but, of course, right, slaves do exist. jefferson owns several hundred. th

it originates during the american revolution with thomas payne. dean peterson also famously uses -- it has been part of the common sense theme not long ago. reagan will use his advice to the letter. reagan announces he is going to seek the governorship of california. he wins the republican primary, he becomes the nominee. the very first thing he does june of 1966 is travel east. the first person he meets is dwight eisenhower, the man who had been mentoring him. if you do visit gettysburg, you will see a logbook. mamie eisenhower had every person who entered the home and left including her family sign the logbook in and out. there, on june 15, 1966, is the signature of ronald reagan about to meet dwight eisenhower for the first time. this is the first of four meetings they hold. they both like to play golf. those of you who are golfers know it is not a five minute visit and then you take some publicity photos. you are together for hours in the golf cart, with your golf clubs planning strategy. you will learn all they discussed. but it is a shame ne

nanny 1782, thomas payne, in a let near he wrote in france, he said this about the going into the american revolution. "our style and manner of thinking have undergone a revolution more extraordinary than the political revolution of the country." we see with other eyes. we hear with other ears, and think other thoughts than those that we formally used. right now again, think about the meaning of what payne is arguing here, some kind of radical transformation took place in the way that the americans saw the wor world. the way they thought about the most important and fundamental concepts of justice. that takes us now to the topic of the lecture which is the philosophy of the declaration of independence. over the course of the last six weeks, we have been mostly looking at the political and constitutional principals. and institutions that were with developed by american revolutionaries. but this comes to a head in 1776. the last link, it was through the relationship with the person of the king. but in jan of 1776 with the publication of the common sense, there is a big pet puppy now. there i

and then in 1782, thomas payne in a letter that he wrote to the abay reynold in france, he said this about the period leading up to the american revolution. quote "our style and manner of thinking have undergone a revolution, more extraordinary than the political revolution of the country. we see with other eyes. we hear with other ears. and think other thoughts than those we formerly used. all right, again, think about the meaning of what payne is arguing here. some kind of radical transformation took place in the way that the americans saw the world. the way that they thought about the most important and most fundamental concepts of justice. and that takes us now to the topic of today's lecture, which is the philosophy of the declaration of independence. right. and so, thus far in this course, over the course of these last six weeks, we have been mostly looking at the political and constitutional principles and institutions that were developed by american revolutionaries. but all of this comes to a head in 1776. as we talked about last class, right, the last link between the coloni

but york would echo thomas payne's remarks from the revolution and explain precisely why america had to fight. and he said liberty and freedom and democracy are so very precious that you don't fight to win them once and then stop. liberty and freedom and democracy are prizes awarded only to those people who fight to win them and then keep fighting eternally to hold them. when i'm asked what animates our work at va, i say it's the stories of these men and women who sacrificed everything for us. it wasn't always so. president lincoln set the tone for us during the civil war by challenging us to care for those who have borne the battle. just a few blocks from here, president lincoln would get on a horse, unaccompanied and follow ambulances up to hospitals that were located just north of the white house. he would reach in to those ambulances and start talking to those soldiers. asking them how they were, what was going on. what could he do for them? but veterans of world war i many years later did not experience what mr. lincoln had hoped when he issued his proclamation in the second ina

the idea has been attacked by thinkers from milton to thomas payne in "common sense" but jefferson thinks he needs to deal with it. he does with this proposition all men are created equal. no one is born to rule. this is america. there are no kings here. this looks like -- to modernize -- a broad moral principle. it is a compressed argument of political philosophy. we are going to see this again with the declaration. to modernize, because we are not instepped in -- steeped political philosophy as the founders were, we tend to think of these as broad moral arguments. as tightlynderstood compressed arguments of political philosophy. all men are created equal, there are no kings. this is what i am going to call jefferson's equality. there are no kings, but are there slaves? yes, of course. tells yous equality there is no person entitled to demand your obedience by birth, but slaves do exist. jefferson owned several hundred. you freedders did and your slaves when you died. jefferson did not even do that. he freed a small number on his death and those were actually his children. equalityis ide