and the most powerful orator in the state of virginia, patrick henry. and they want the constitution every step of the way. and it finally was ratified by a very narrow vote. ok, what did patrick henry do when people came to him and said, all right, what do we do to stop it? he said, we have lost. now we fight within the system. i will not fight the constitution anymore. i will now work within the structure that is created to get what i want later on. that is where the line should be. fight as best you can for your position and then, if you are defeated, you say all right, that is the way things are. now i will work within the system for what i believe instead of saying, all right, now i will shut down the system. that's the line that should be drawn. >[laughter] [applause] we have a pretty notable example where that has happened, the affordable care act. republicansgo, the had tried to repeal it. where do you take a principled stand in an act that you disagree with and being up structures? how do you know which side of the line you are on? >> i think s

and the most powerful orator in the state of virginia patrick henry. and they fought the constitution every step of the way. and it finally was ratified by a very narrow vote. ok. what did patrick henry do when people came to him and said all right now what do we do to stop it? he said we have lost. now we fight within the system. i will not fight the constitution any more. i will now work within the structure that is created to get what i want later on. that's where the line should be. fight as best you can for the -- for your position and then if you are defeated you say all right, that's the way things are, now i will work within the system for what i believe instead of saying, all right now i will shut down the system. that's the line that should be drawn. [applause] >> we have a pretty notable moment. the affordable care act passed four years ago republicans spent several years trying to repeal it. where do you draw the line? between taking a principled stand against an act you disagree with and being bstructionist? >> i think senator ben et said

okay, what did patrick henry do when people came to him and said all right now what do we do to stop that? he said we have lost. now we fight within the system. i will not fight the constitution anymore. i will now work within the structure that is created to get what i want later on. that is where the line should he. fight as best you can for your position and then if you are defeated you say all right, that's the way things are. now i will work within the system instead of saying all right now i will shutdown the system. that is the line that should be drawn. >> of course we have a pretty -- [applause] we have a pretty notable example at the moment where that has not happened with the affordable care act that past four years ago. republicans spent several years trying to repeal it and try to make a work better. where do you draw the line vicki kennedy? where the java line between taking a principled stand against an act you disagree with and being obstructionist? how do you know which side of the line you are on? >> i think senator bennett just set up you to flee. i think the const

yet at the same time it is the home of thomas jefferson and patrick henry and so many people who have contributed so much to the principles of equality that we're all fighting for. so i think the symbolism of trying to go to the home state of jefferson and patrick henry and many, many others that were our founders and to try to implement the principles and to try to implement the principles that they articulated so eloquently more than 200 years ago in then face of this constitutional ban in the current virginia state constitution is not only important to the state and the south is an important region of the country but in addition the symbolism was something i think we are all drawn to. >> i just want to add one more thing. very seldom can i add anything to a david says that we are arguing this in richmond, virginia which is the home the commonwealth of virginia the home of the author of the declaration of independence. james madison's home the principle author and i think most people will agree the united states constitution will be at the home in richmond of john marshall the leadi

and the most powerful orator in the state of virginia, patrick henry. and they fought the constitution every step of the way. and it finally was ratified by a very narrow vote. ok, what did patrick henry do when people came to him and said, all right, now what do we do to stop it? he said, we have lost. now we fight within the system. i will not fight the constitution anymore. i will now work within the structure that is created to get what i want later on. that is where the line should be. fight as best you can for your position, and then, if you are defeated, you say all right, that is the way things are. now i will work within the system for what i believe instead of saying, all right, now i will shut down the system. that's the line that should be drawn. [applause] >> we have a pretty notable example at the moment where that has happened, the affordable care act. four years ago, the republicans spent several years trying to repeal it. where do you take a principled stand in an act that you disagree with and being obstructionist? how do you know whic

and the most powerful orator in the state of virginia, patrick henry. and they fought the constitution every step of the way. and it finally was ratified by a very narrow vote. ok, what did patrick henry do when people came to him and said, all right, what do we do to stop it? he said, we have lost. now we fight within the system. i will not fight the constitution anymore. i will now work within the structure that is created to get what i want later on. that is where the line should be. fight as best you can for your position and then, if you are defeated, you say all right, that is the way things are. now i will work within the system for what i believe instead of saying, all right, now i will shut down the system. that's the line that should be drawn. >> but of course, we have a pretty -- [applause] we have a pretty notable example where that has happened, the affordable care act. four years ago, the republicans spent several years trying to repeal it. where do you take a principled stand in an act that you disagree with and being obstructionish? how

next, we have patrick henry, "give me liberty or give me death." very courageous statement. we all remember that one from school. but, the first draft was "give me liberty, i'm pretty inflexible on this." little less courageous on that one. next, we have julius caesar, love this guy and the salad. let's see what we've got. "i came, i saw, i conquered," very nice synopsis. the first draft, "i came, i saw, i conquered, i went to dinner. i ordered the venison. i was too dry. i sent it back. i waited too long for my drink. i was like 'do they even know who i am?' i tipped 10%." that's a little too long. i'm glad he shortened it up. next, we have ben franklin. "you can do anything you set your mind to." quotes like these remind us why he's a founding father. let's see the first draft. "you can do anything you set your mind to unless it's inventing bifocals, because i already did that, bitch." very territorial. not a very nice thing to say. the first person to use bifocals and bitch in the same sentence. not a lot of people give him credit for that. because now, we all do it. but,

we need to proclaim our message with the passion of patrick henry, like a man coming over the hill singing with optimism, and make sure it's a message for all, no matter what walk of life you are. once again proclaim our message like a man coming over the hill singing, we will be the dominant party again. thank you very much. [applause] >> a reminder that in just a few moments here on c-span, number of experts and authors will examine human rights in north korea. the u.s. commission inquiry chair is the key speaker. that will be live in just over 20 minutes here at 3:00 eastern. to manchester, new hampshire, where a number of possible republican presidential candidates spoke at the inaugural freedom summit will stop now, senator ted cruz of texas. this is just over 20 minutes. [applause] >> >> god bless new hampshire. and god bless afp. wow. to be with each of you today. thank you for that incredibly, incredibly warm welcome. my wife heidi and me, we are blessed to have two little girls at home. caroline and catherine. caroline is five, catherine is three. i do indeed. areevery one of you

we need to proclaim our message with the passion of patrick henry like a man coming over the hill singing with optimism. no matter what walk of life you are. we once again proclaim our message like a man coming over the hill singing, we will be the dominant party. is senator ted cruz. [applause] >> wow. [applause] >> god bless new hampshire. [applause] god bless afp. wow. i am thrilled to be with each of you today. thank you for that incredibly warm welcome. my wife and me are blessed to have two little girls at home. caroline and catherine. caroline is five and catherine is three. i do indeed. for every one of you who are parents, you know god makes every child very different. catherine is the essence of sweetness. she is just a sweet, sweet little girl. caroline is a rascal. last fall, heidi had those girls up in d.c. one weekend. a beautiful fall day. we decided to show the girls mount vernon. we are driving down the george washington parkway. the trees are turning. they are red and orange and yellow. we are driving down and caroline is sitting behind me kicking the back of my seat lik

. >>> meanwhile, we got a story to tell you a little bit about, patrick henry center apparently, according to the irs, was consistently political and even though it leans to the right, they have revoked their tax exempt status, which is curious because now we've been talking about media matters, how they are not what they say they are, a watchdog. they're really tan attack dog against fox news channel, against the right wing, against everything. david brock, the founder and ceo on his official twitter profile says he is a democratic political activist. and yet, the irs gives media matters, who is really just at war with fox news, they give them tax exempt status. why should that outfit get tax exempt status to try to run us out of business and try to get every democrat elected? we were talking to juan williams earlier on the program. he's from the political left. he thinks they should no longer have their tax exempt status either. listen. >> when i look at what media matters is up to, i sense that not only do they have a political agenda, but they have an agenda that speaks directly to the