monticello was really thomas jefferson's home his entire life. he was born on this plantation in 1743, just three miles away from where he builds this home. he inherits this plantation from his father. his father dies when jefferson is 14. as a young man he's going to inherit this land as well as the slaves that his father owns and jefferson is going to decide to build up here on this mountain top at a very young age. you know, this is jefferson's home his entire life. jefferson is trying to use that plantation to make money, like most virginia plantation owners. he has cash crops, primarily tobacco and then later in his life wheat and he has mixed success in turning a profit of off this plantation, but here on this mountain top this is also the center of his home life as well. throughout his retirement years, once the house is complete, this home is filled with his family members, his daughter martha jefferson randolph and her husband move into this home so this would have been homophiled with family members as well as guests throughout jefferso

but that inflames thomas jefferson and others supporters of france. they were hostile towards great britain and the commercial relationships that gave rise to an industrial class in the u.s. we have debates happening during the washington administration. marshall supports washington and john j. he becomes a member of congress and of the adams administration. but because of these moves, france becomes inflamed with the united states. france had supported us during the revolution. adams, dealing with hostility from france and france seizing our ship and stealing our goods, he sends john marshall and other envoys to france to come together with a treaty that creates friendly relations between france and the united states. this becomes known as the xyz affair. they are attempting to negotiate with the french government. they are trying to establish relations. france sends envoys as well. they say, you must bribe us, give us an exorbitant loan, to even talk to our ministers. so marshall, it ends up being publicized in the u.s., we refuse to give this to fr

we call them, because on the front of the medal is the image of president thomas jefferson. on the back is two hands clasped in friendship. those medals were given out to the leaders, people identified as the leaders of the american indians they met along the route. very important in terms of the gifting that they gave. these were give on the people they saw as the leadership of the tribe, the key people that they had to influence, especially when talking about this man, this thomas jefferson, whose image is on this medal, is head of this country and now you're a new lead tear. so that was really important in the diplomatic aspect of the lewis and clark expedition. the diplomatic side of the lewis and clark expedition i think was important, and i think it was something they took great pains to be good at doing. the military part, it was a military expedition. they were dressed in military uniforms whenever they met with tribal leaders. that was pretty clear. they showed their guns. they showed their mighty guns. they loved the aspect of discovering new thing, but the diploma

he sally hemmings thomas jefferson controversy has been going on for over 200 years. to do nowthat we want and in the current initiative that we are embarking is to focus on sally hemmings herself. she has been a foil to jefferson and has not been seen in her own light. and we want to restore her humanity. space,ding inside of the one to it to the west. maybe she's doing some mending of the clothes. or they're sitting around and sharing stories. >> as well as slave quarters. >> the thomas jefferson , he thought it was his best appearance. they also put bathrooms and to slave quarters. it is much of this material they've been removing and we are at the point where we are restoring their faces. there is physical evidence as well as documentary evidence that tells us very specifically what jefferson wanted. it is really tremendous evidence that shows exactly how big the rooms were and what the rooms were used for. we know where the slave quarters were. we were able to find physical traces of where these walls would be placed. it remains in the plaster that we know was th

the book is called friends john adams and thomas jefferson. thank you so much. >> for free transcripts or to give us your comments about this rogram, visit us at q&a.org they are available as c-span podcasts as well. >> if you enjoyed this week's q&a interview with gordon wood, here are some other programs you might like. david stewart talking about his book, madison's gift. book bob talking about his -- humility. and author james trop talking about his book -- john quincy adams: militant spirit. you can search our entire video library at two spent.org. c-span.org c-span's washington journal, live, every day with the news and policy issues that impact you. coming up monday morning, the talk about the week ahead in washington with a bloomberg congressional reporter and adjutant and sarah westwood. americastate of race in and its implications for minority education with robert woodson of the woodson center and shelby steele, the senior at the hoover institution, c-span's washington journal, live, beginning at 7:00 a.m. eastern on monday morning,

when president thomas jefferson sent lewis and clark out on their expedition, they knew they were going to encounter american indians and they wanted to provide a friendly appearance with the american indians. because what's going to be key in the development of this country, to work with the american indians, that were living here. when they came up the river, they lewis and clark had what they call peace medals. those medals were given out to the leaders, the people that were identified as the leaders of the american indians they met along the route. very important in terms of the gifting that they gave. these were given to the people they saw as the leadership of the tribe and the key people they had to influence, especially when talking about this man, this thomas jefferson, whose image is on this medal is head of this country, and now your new leader too. so that was very important in the whole diplomatic aspect of the lewis and clark expedition. it was something they took great pains to be good at doing. it was a military expedestrian -- expedition, they showed their guns, they sh

thomas thomas jefferson, this is inscribed in his monument. mr. speaker, i share this as we go -- leave session, the last time before christmas, because i find so many people get upset when we mention god or the bible here in congress, when actually that's the most oft cited thing in our whole history of congress. so people have been miseducated. this is a one chance to thank god, mr. speaker, and help people realize how we came to be as we're. thomas jefferson said the god who gave us life gave us liberty. can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people, that these liberties are a gift of god. and god is capitalized. that they are not to be violated, but with his, capital h, wrath, indeed i tremble for my country when i reflect that god is just, that it's justice cannot sleep forever. mr. speaker, this was a time when people had turned from god, and it was scaring jefferson because he knew, as adams did, if we were not a religious and moral people, the constitutio

he talks about his book, "friends divided," about thomas jefferson and john adams. brian: gordon wood, author of the book "friends divided: john adams and thomas jefferson." as a longtime historian, what impact does it have on you that you were born in concord, massachusetts, grew up around boston? what has it done to your thinking of history? gordon: it made me a fan of john, just because he was a good old yankee. i am not sure that being a new englander has affected me onsciously, i do not like to think that i am letting the present influence my conception of the past. so i am not sure. but i am a new englander for sure. brian: can you remember when you first heard about john adams? gordon: probably not until high school. i did not know much about him, not until college. i had not gotten to see his home until after college. so it was a long time before i got to know him. now, because i did three volumes in the library of america about his writings, i really got to know him. i think i got to know him better than i know most of my friends. he is really something. br

brian: you said in your book that he had it and thomas jefferson did not. why do think one did and the other didn't? gordon: adams was a puritan in that sense. he came out of that tradition, they kept diaries. he needed to write out his emotions and feelings. he put everything in that diary. as a young man. i mean, he said things about himself that most people would say, most people would not say. he expressed himself and even talked about his vanity. he talked about every intimate feeling he had. that is not something jefferson would do. jefferson was reserved and would never write what adams did, even in his letters. he simply, he had a very different temperament. they could not differ more in temperament. brian: what other differences? go through a litany. gordon: physically they were different. but most importantly, jefferson was a wealthy slaveholder. he was a leader of the slaveholding society. he acquired quite a bit of land and money from his father, but also from his father-in-law. he became very wealthy. it was automatic he would go into the house

brian: you said in your book that he had it and thomas jefferson did not. why do think one did and the other didn't? gordon: adams was a puritan in that sense. he came out of that tradition, they kept diaries. he needed to write out his emotions and feelings. he put everything in that diary. as a it young man. i mean, he said things about himself that most people would say, most people would not say. he expressed himself and even talked about his vanity. he talked about every intimate feeling he had. that is not something jefferson would do. jefferson was reserved and would never write what adams did, even in his letters. he simply, he had a very different temperament. they could not differ more in temperament. brian: what other differences? go through a litany. gordon: physically they were different. but most importantly, jefferson was a wealthy slaveholder. he was a leader of the slaveholding society. he acquired quite a bit of land and money from his father, but also from his father-in-law. he became very wealthy. it was automatic he would go into the ho

on the fourth of july twenty sixth thomas jefferson ended his days at. his will demonstrates that for him the foundation of the university was more important than the office of president. on his tombstone in the garden of. the three achievements by which he wished to be remembered the declaration of independence the statute of religious freedom and the foundation of the university of. entered the conflict zone confronting the powerful for years now australia has faced a batch of criticism over its treatment of refugees now it has a seat on the un human rights council and the pressure is intensifying my guest this week is alexander downer the country's high commissioner how does he justify a policy so widely condemned around the world. next door t.w. . is it. or is it just a manhole cover. to one burning textile design a. trampoline. and an inspirational fashion and accessories from patton's need to die not with. your romex sixty minutes. is busy having it come to life combining but the right to our correspondent me is in central istanbul i'm joined by th

thomas jefferson. mayor stoney: thomas jefferson. the third president of the united states of america. ashley: designed the capital that is still in use today. mayor stoney: that's exactly right. ashley: tell me about what we're seeing here? mayor stoney: abraham lincoln came here during -- came here during -- right the end of the civil war, when richmond fell, and basically he freed some slaves right over here, and we have number of statues on the -- on the capitol square grounds as well. here,is harry byrd over civil rights, oliver hill, and barbara jones. ashley: we are talking about kind of these statues and these monuments, there is a lot of statues. mayor stoney: there are, there are. want to go to monument avenue? ashley: yeah, let's go to monument avenue. mayor stoney: even when i came here back in 2004, richmond was like on that upward trajectory but oh man, it was still much to be desired. and in the 1990's, a lot of this was basically abandoned. and then when people come back now, what were -- i think what we're experienci

wanted channel thus became an image of the aesthetic and political ideals of thomas jefferson one of the founding fathers of a young republic and third president of the united states a man of many talents jefferson was also an architect philosopher man of letters astronomer physicist inventor and farmer just to mention some of his interests whether i retired to bed early or late i rise with the sun. a carefully planned daily routine helps jefferson to organize the varied life he led atlanta cello. it was here that he finally withdrew into private life weary of the trivialities of politics. here at the place that brought him his deepest satisfactions he was at last able to lead the intellectual life in tune with nature that politics at always denied him. and he and the former president took advantage of a fundamental human rights he had accorded to all of humanity in his declaration of independence the pursuit of happiness. possessed of an intense love of nature he set monte cello on a hill so that the nights and the landscape seemed to enter the house a dialogue between nature and ar

jefferson and the federalism of alexander hamilton. the very structure of this body is the result of the connecticut compromise of 1787, which accommodated proponents of both equal and proportional representation. the authors of this very pragmatic solution, roger sherman and oliver ellsworth, are depicted on the wall right outside the senatey. not far from the marble room where their example of finding common ground would be practiced for decades to come. mr. president, in the shadow of these founding debates, political voices today are arguing louder and louder about smaller and smaller things. it is easy for those outside this chamber to insist that they know what should be done, and as long as we remain so deeply divided, those outside voices will always win. when i leave the senate, i hope to have lived up to the words of a dempsey, voice -- a different voice e on april, if 1910 in a time of great change in this company, agency the united states was coming to define a new world order, president teddy roosevelt delivered a fame as

caller: yes, of his brother, not thomas jefferson. lackwas all of the politicians -- black politicians. all of them said, hands up, don't shoot, that was a lie. host: here is john in new york on the republican line. caller: how are you doing? like the other guy was saying, some people got to get a history lesson. i am talking about the fbi. they say it is bad right now, but they should look up hoover, the guy who started the fbi. he had so many people afraid of him because of his little black book. he used to tell all of the congressional guys, even the president of the united states, and he used to blackmail them. that is how he got everything that he wanted for the fbi to start. another thing, merry christmas to everybody. also, they all say the president trump is the worst president going. there were two other great presidents in this country, another history lesson, teddy roosevelt they did not like much because he was like president trump. president trump is the only person, president, to be doubt teddy roosevelt's executive boar

there are people who have never heard of patrick henry or thomas jefferson but they know edgar allan poe. we cannot say he belonged much overltimore or richmond the world -- or new york, but to the world. >> we're inside a working public theding that has hosted longest working acting legislature today. since we are the first american state capitol to open after the revolutionary war and the first monumental roman temple style public building in the modern its influence on other state capitols, county courthouses, and public buildings that are very famous in washington, d.c. cannot be underestimated. i have heard an architectural historian described the iconic buildings in washington, d.c. as a sequel to the virginia state capitol back here in richmond. we started with our first political center in jamestown, the oldest english-speaking settlement in north america and that was used throughout the 1600s. there are multiple buildings, public and private, used for public meetings. then when we moved to williamsburg we build and capitol in the english tradition. that burned down and we re

that way christians of i thomas jefferson thomas jefferson wrote into the birth certificate that we are creatures of god. whatever you think they are all creatures of one creator. therefore equal in his or her eyes. i have an inalienable right to liberty. every black in america owes their freedom to thomas jefferson, the american founding 350,000 union soldiers and as president abraham lincoln who gave his life as well. when i hear that i'm on a conversation with religious people are not fanatics. i watch a lot of television although it's hard these days. i don't see that simple fact recognize. . . >> >> he wrote a memoir as "the new york times" declared he was a great man and the dole book because he didn't reveal too many

he did this from the beginning of 1790 until thomas jefferson came back from france and agreed to serve for secretary of foreign affairs and the senate consented to the nomination and president washington appointed him. so, we have this sort of irregular preacher, john jay, serving as secretary of foreign affairs under washington's direction, even though there was no statute authorizing as much. that is the story of john jay. i will return to it. i will now turn to john marshall. in the early days, under the constitution, john marshall was a distinguished virginia lawyer who favor the constitution and -- favored the constitution and eventually served in the first congress, or in congress under the constitution. george washington hired him as a lawyer, was oppressed, asked -- him pressed, asked him to become u.s. attorney for virginia and john marshall turned him down. george washington asked him to serve as ambassador to france, and john marshall turned him down. instead, he concentrated on his lucrative and successful practice. he argued a case before the supreme court and lost, but in

about the relationship and differing views of john adams and thomas jefferson. was a realist, he did not believe all men were created equal. he said all men were created unequal. we americans are no better, no different from other nations. jefferson is the opposite. he is into nurture. the differences that you emerge are due to different experiences, different environments. that is why education is so important to us americans, and it was important to jefferson. >> professor and historian sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span. c-span, where history unfolds daily. a 1979, c-span was created as public service by america's cable television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. now from capitol hill, a press conference calling for a criminal investigation into sexual harassment allegations made against president trump. congresswoman lois frankel and the democratics woman's working group and were joined by other democratic members as well. this is 10 minutes. we are going to start when we said we would. is everybody

what a load about this place is not just the words of marcus are really us and thomas jefferson, but i saw a picture of martin luther king jr. on the wall that brother harlan to put there. his concern is what? baby -- aalestinian palestinian baby has the same significance and value as an israeli baby come in just like a white baby, brown baby, yellow baby, no matter what national lity, no matter what sexual orientation, no matter the pigmentation. my argument is bds is in no way perfect, having its own internal tensions and a variety of different voices. the reason why i joined that movement and not like a don't have criticism of the dearent, and my brother omar knows it. it is the last nonviolent effort to try to ensure that the moral character and the human values of a settlor colonial enterprise that has involved itself in expansion and leading toward in the language of our dear brother jimmy carter a full-fledged apartheid, not because israel is in any way to be compared with the south african apartheid regime in all of its forms. those palestinians inside of israel much less apa

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1972 the declaration of independence drafted by a thomas jefferson why did we have to wait? 1774 drafting of the independence to be discussed in the nation as the rest of the world waited so long? to not have that caliber to think maybe i could go see this nation. coming from this background with this great nation to read your founding documents i ask every american so that so aware of where we are coming from. >> you always have that incentive growing up in pakistan. and that'' that motivated you to study more. >> than to say that to me that a person is not complete unless his education and to continue that education. like learning more and i tell my children always that is the excuse not to continue to move forward to complete your education glad to have that instruction. >> he studied the constitution in pakistan but then you could learn about american culture in dubai. explain that. >> guest: were to have a proper place to rest so i could get accumulated. and through america and the suitcase was maya palo. so i go to work and this executive from the oil company greets me

white christians led by wilberforce in england and thomas jefferson here, thomas jefferson wrote into our birth certificate that we are all creatures of god. whatever you think of other people, creatures that, one creator, equal in what i have to say her eyes, whatever, and an inalienable right to liberty, every black in america owns their freedom to thomas jefferson, the american founding, 350,000 union soldiers who gave their lives to freedom and abraham lincoln gave his life as well and when i hear that i'm in a conversation with rational people and not religious fanatics. i watch quite a bit of television but it is very hard these days. i don't see that simple fact recognized. it is okay to be white. that is some brilliant -- i am not good at this, kind of a sledgehammer but the trolls -- channel for, the troll channel, trolls put up a sign in harvard square, it is okay to be white and it drove the left up the wall and why? they are racist. when i see a conservative on television say you are a racist to a democrat, we are on the road to freedom. thank you. [applause] .. on holiday

jefferson, he was an avid reader of thomas jefferson inciting especially public service and giving to the nation that had given so much to every citizen so reluctantly we agreed that he was joining it for honorable purposes. >> from the way he wrote about him it seems that he was the model soldier. you alluded to this in your last statement but he was very neat, tidy, had that military bearing, so much so that he folded his dirty clothes. correct? then he was deployed to iraq. iin 2004. how did you reconcile this? >> it's not a private sentiment, i had been public with this that i could see that our entanglement in that part of the world will not serve our nation well. that is a separate debate. i didn't speak with the captain about this that no good comes out of the conflicts that are in that part of the world for centuries in his answer was this period that i am a military officer and i've taken an oath to defend the constitution and i will remain faithful to my oath and the political decisions are made in washington. i for my duty of protection, of making sure that those who are un

jefferson. >> adams was a realist. he did not believe that all men are created equal. he thought all men are created unequal. he did not believe in american exceptionalism. we americans are no better and no different from other nations. jefferson is the opposite. he is into nurture.

the jefferson library was incredible, and we started doing thomas jefferson: the tripoli pirates. and we found out about these islamic nations that were not only treating their people terribly, if that sounds familiar, they were also using our ships as an opportunity to overtake them, take them, enslave the crew and then ask for ransom. and they weren't just doing it to us, they were doing it to everybody. but it was america that stood up and eventually found out they had to send a message to the rest of world, we will not be patsies. and jefferson, and i blame him, he did so much in his life -- not many people focus on the barbary wars. and that's an avenue to explore. it ended up being number one for a while because people like stories they can feel and touch. and when you go to monticello, they were there to help you, there to serve you, and in that we were able to do something special. and i thought, i want to leave on a high. i did stand-up for a while, and if you hit a high note and you're two-thirds through, good night, everybody. [laughter] i'm not going to risk this high.

the relationship and different political views of john adams and thomas jefferson. >> adams was a realist and did not believe adams was created equal. he did not believe in american exceptionalism. we americans are no different from other nations here jefferson is the opposite. he is and to nurture. i think that is what most americans believe. emergeference is that are due to different experiences and different environments. important tot was jefferson. >> professor and historian gordon would tonight on c-span. >> all weekend, american history tv featuring new york. author of the memoir, 12 years a slave, a local african-american abolitionist. his memoirs were later adapted into a motion picture. learn more all weekend here on american history tv. >> i represent one third of the -- of new yorkm state. one exciting thing about my district is it is steeped in history. i've percent half of saratoga county. when you grow up in upstate new york, the battle of saratoga was one of the most important battles in the world. cook -- school kids growing up, the fact that they can learn about the batt

but white christians led by wilberforce in england and thomas jefferson, thomas jefferson wrote into our birth certificate that we are all creatures of god, whatever you think of other people, creatures of one creator, equal in his, i have to say these days, her eyes, whatever, they have an inalienable right to liberty. every black in america owns their freedom to thomas jefferson, the american founding, 350,000 union soldiers who gave their lives to free them and president abraham lincoln gave his life as well. when i hear that i know i'm in a conversation with rational people and not religious fanatics. i watch quite a bit of television. i don't see that. it is okay to be white. some brilliant -- i am not good at this, sledgehammer. the trolls, i think it was channel 4, the troll channel, conservative trolls put up a sign, it is okay to be white and it drove the left of the wall. why? because they are racist. when i see a conservative on television say you are racist to a democrat, we are on us. thank you. [applause] >> you are watching booktv, television for serious readers. you c

professor and historian gordon wood about the relationship and differing political views on john adams and thomas jefferson. >> adams did not believe that all men were created equal and did not believe in american exceptionalism. we americans are no better or no different from other nations. jefferson was the opposite. he was into nurture, and that is what most americans believe. in other words, the love being equal -- we love being equal. that is why education is so important to us americans, and it was important to jefferson. >> professor and historian gordon wood sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span. c-span, work history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. earlier this week, senate democratic leader chuck schumer of new york and house minority leader nancy pelosi of california spoke to reporters about their opposition to the republican tax reform bill. >>

thomas jefferson said canada would only be in your matter of marching. -- mere matter of marching. , and he led the indians put together an alliance of 10,000 warriors. when the americans cap taking his land, he went over to the land,h -- kept taking his he went over to the british. supporting the indians was a way to keep americans from spreading further west, which they called the northwest, but it was actually a midwest. nobody had been there yet. tecumseh was tired of settlers pushing and being supported by the american army. went, thehe settlers army gave them a little bit of money, and took away millions of acres of land. the british were concerned about us going further west and becoming powerful, but they were concerned we would take the for trade, what everyone had been -- the fur trade, what everyone had been fighting for. indiansish wanted the to do the fighting for them, and be supplied with furs that people in england couldn't live without. thomas jefferson tried to make american neutral by cutting off all trade with the british, anyone, anddutch, make america grow or ma

so who needs thomas jefferson whether you have sally yates u the former acting attorney general fired by president trump explaining what our founding fathers really meant. she will tell you when we come back. ♪ ♪ c, c, keeping me from the things i love to do. talk to your doctor, and call 844-214-2424. when you have a cold, stuff happens. ♪ { sneezing ] shut down cold symptoms fast [ coughing ] with maximum strength alka seltzer plus liquid gels. it's what's inside isthe person who opens it.x. give ancestrydna, the only dna test that can trace your origins to over 150 ethnic regions. save 20% for the holidays at ancestrydna.com. >> martha: you remember sally yates fired by trump early in the administration after she refused to defend his administration's travel ban executive order back in january that was. and now she is sounding off in a new op-ed and though not naming the president directly, she is clearly taking digs at him as she questions the direction of our country. and without apologies to thomas jefferson she offers her own annotated version of the preamble she writes t

[laughter] but white christians led by wilbur force in england and by thomas jefferson here, thomas jefferson wrote into our birth certificate that we're all creatures of god. whatever you think of other people, whether inferior to you or not, they're creatures of one creator and, therefore, equal in his -- or i have to say these days -- her eyes. whatever. [laughter] and he was an inalienable right to to liberty. every black in america owes their freedom to thomas jefferson and the american founding, the 350,000 union soldiers who gave their lives to free them and president abraham lincoln who gave his life as well. and when i hear that, then i know i'm in a conversation with rational people and not religious fanatics. but i, i don't, you know, i watch quite a bit of it's although it's very -- of television, although it's very hard these days. [laughter] i don't see that simple fact recognized. it's okay to be white. that, are you familiar? some brilliant -- i'm not good at this. i'm kind of a sledgehammer. but milo eye knop louse, the trolls, i think it was channel 4, which is a troll chann

obviously thomas jefferson and james madison were his foremost political opponents. >>> sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern on real america, the 1980s training film unwelcome affection about inappropriate behavior in the workplace. >> you're new here on the staff, right? you can imagine around here on the staff that i make a lot of decisions. i am the one that picks up evaluation reports. i sign three day passes and leaves and just a word of advice, if you want to get a loan on the staff, it would be beneficial to you to be a little bit nicer to me. >> and at 8:00 on the presidency, daniel feller on president andrew jackson's efforts to challenge and even cripple the bank of the united states during the 1830s. >> no president before had said anything like this. other presidents had warned americans against entangling foreign alliances. they had warned americans against sectionalism and excessi excessive partisanship at home. jackson warned them against control of their own government by in his words the rich and powerful. >> american history tv all weekend every weekend only on cspan3. >>> for

about the relationship and differing political views of john adams and thomas jefferson. >> adams was a realist. he didn't believe all men were created. they thought all men were created equal. he didn't believe in american exceptionalism. we americans are no better or no different than another nations. jefferson is the opposite. he's into nurture and that is what moefsh -- most americans believe and we are all born equal and the differences that emerge are due to different experiences and environments and that is why education is so important to us americans and it was important to jefferson. >> professor and historian gordon wood, sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span. >>> house speak paul ryan today told reporters that he's had conversations with texas republican member blake farenthold over the allegations of sexual misconduct. congressman announced he is rooir retiring at the end of the term and speaker ryan said it is the right decision. this is ten minutes. >>> the tax cut and jobs act, it is about making jobs, growing this economy. it is about middle class income going higher

the more i read it more and i was this is 1972, the seminary was written and drafted by thomas jefferson the finalize the declaration of independence, why do we have to wait they mention this in 1774 the drafting of independence was being discussed were declaring our independence. the rest of the world rated so long at that moment i did not even have the courage to think that one day i would go see this nation. from this background just from that reason i still had all those great vision. in my employee everyone to beat your founding documents so all the challenges we face today and where we come from you have eyes had an incentive to study. you grew up in a town north of one or, there's someone who had a quote that motivated you to study more, who was that? >> guest: that was my grandfather. he always said that to me. that a person was not complete unless his education was complete. he said continue your education so that was learning more regardless of the difficulties. i tell my children that lack of resources no excuse we were just blessed to have that on an early age. >> you study t

you remember, that chief opponent, thomas jefferson, hates the bank. the bank jefferson believes is an institution that imperils american liberty by elevating to power a wealthy financial elite, nonproductive elite. jefferson opposes it and jefferson comes to power in 1800, so does his party the bank of the united states the first bank the charter expires in 1811, but one year later a war erupts with britain. that war is a very expensive war. the national government finds itself in tremendous fiscal straits. after the war is finished five years later the democratic republicans, the party of jefferson, charter a second bank of the united states and this second bank much like the first, also will have a 20-year charter. this charter will run out in 1836 and presumably congress and the president in good faith will renew the charter. so there you have it. and there are bumps along the road, right, after the bank is chartered, you will recall from the last lecture the panic of 1819 explodes. this massive bubble in western land speculation, a bubble caused l

listen to thomas jefferson's view amending the constitution. it appears clear he felt it was needed, not to be taken lightly this is quote from thomas jefferson, i am certainly not an advocate for frequent and untried changes in laws in constitution. i think moderate imperfect peck shuns better be born with, once known we accommodate ourselves to them and find practical means of correcting their ill effects but i know also that laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. >> absolutely. and the quote actually continues to make annalgy, that to -- a analogy, to force the man to wear the same coat he wore as a child would be the same as forcing a society to wear the same constitution it wore at its inception, and the interesting -- cspan: that is not living, breathing, necessarily? >> no, no it is not. there is a contractual manner and a specific term under which the modification is to take place. it is not based on a whim. it is not based on modern trends. it is not based on whoever is in political power. is it

these are two men named by thomas jefferson as sources for his draft of the declaration. he said there are at least four authors of the elementary books of public right people should be familiar with if they want to find the sources of the declaration. aristotle, cicero, locke, and sydney. pardon me. you can see two ancients and two moderns. there you have locke and sydney. but there's a third that jefferson left off, perhaps intentionally, perhaps sort of naturally. and it's the book that's just about to strike that bishop. can anybody see what that says? can anyone read that? it's a little tough. it says, calvin's works. calvin's works. so back to this sort of protestant resistance literature and so forth as dr. driesbach pointed out for us. there are a number of things going on in this, and we don't have time to sort of parse out every one. but i think this is really a marvelous graphic illustration of some of the intellectual ferment that is going on at the time. so you see british enlightenment, liberals being cited there. you see calvin. there's a little play on wor

he too turned to thomas jefferson. jefferson, a man of enlightened understanding had already proven blacks, by nature and inferior human beings, even to the indians. in jefferson's notes on the state of virginia, may the goal of emancipation a fatal enterprise and a direct threat for the well-being of the nation's white population. should the nation and eradicate slavery and admit lack people into white society, it would permanently alter the country's character for the blood of the white. the potential for a race award manifested, and racial intermixture. the inherent incompatibility of black and white would lead to a bloody battle with the strongest party, presumably the whites left to "murder" the weaker. in smith's estimation, externally imposed black freedom could never hold up in the face of nature's plan for those of african descent. africans and african american were of ours -- a verse to labor. when emancipated they would starve or plunder. even if a plan of emancipation were enacted to rub the country, smith

in 70's in the nine, the beginning of 1790 until thomas jefferson came back from france and agreed to serve for secretary of foreign affairs and the senate consented to the nomination and present washington appointed him. so, we have this sort of irregular preacher, john jay, serving as secretary of foreign affairs even though there was no statute authorizing as much. that is the story of john jay. i will return to it. marshallw turn to john . in the early days, under the constitution, john marshall was a distinguished virginia lawyer who favor the constitution and eventually served in the first in congress under the cuts intrusion. george washington hired him as a lawyer, was oppressed, asked for to become u.s. attorney virginia and john marshall turned him down. george washington later offered him the position of attorney general, john marshall turned him down. then george washington said, would you please serve as ambassador to france and john marshall turned him down. instead, he concentrated on his lucrative and successful drive it practice. he argued a case before the supreme co

they allowe allow the nation toe both the republicanism of thomas jefferson and federalism of alexander hamilton. the structure is the result of a compromise of 1787 that compromised the quality and proportional representation. .. >> >>ot whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood but there is no effort to actually strived to do the deeds and with much enthusiasm to put himself in a worthy cause. at least it fails so that his place is never with those cold and to those that do the no victory or defeat. lake at the time of roosevelt 107 years ago. and a leg to be remembered as men and women to be part of worthy causes. that is a return to the collegiality and the compromise of the marble room so i am indebted to so many who have helped me become t the man i am today and the colleagues who have welcomed me as a worse so kind to take time to be here in the chamber. in the h great state of alabama it is an honor to serve thank god every day for my children and grandchildren assured by their love and support of has made my work here possible and with surveying the task of our great sta

in fact, the only ex-stamped letter of martha jefferson that we has, because thomas jefferson burned all of her letters, for which i could kill him again, the only letter we have is her as the first lady of virginia asking the women of virginia to go to their rural churches and donate money for the troops so that they may have an opportunity of proving that they also participate in this virtuous feelings. in just a couple of weeks, the women in philadelphia raised $300,000. and expected more from the other states to come in. it was almost equal to what robert morris had painstakingly raised to capitalize his bank. shen she had a fight with general washington about how to spend the money. he wanted shirts, she wanted to do something more special for the troops. he was the general. after a series of tense and tenser letters, he won. and shirts were made. and ester dodd, she was just shy of her 34th birthday, but dysentery came raging through philadelphia and she succumbed to it. the council and the assembly adjourned for her funeral because she was such a noted person. the business of

thomas jefferson had a copy of the carranza. that is -- koran. factor of integral who we are and it tackles their core thesis. host: the book is "digital world war, islamist >> this week, "washington journal features authors published this past year. coming up on saturday, the author of the book "nomad land: surviving america in the 21st century," and on sunday, the author of "the gatekeepers: how the white house chiefs and staff to find every presidency." -- define every presidency." >> every month for the past 20 years, one of the nations top notch fiction authors has joined us on our program for a fascinating three-our conversation about their work. just for 2018, we are changing course. we have invited 12 fiction authors on to our set. authors of historical fiction, national security thrillers, science writers, social .ommentators their books have been read by millions around the country and around the world, so if you are a reader, plan to join us for "booktv." n it all kicks off on sunday davidy 7 at noon with ignatius, a washington post ,o

and he contrasts that with thomas jefferson who had a version of the bible, the jefferson bible. he edited the bible to remove references to anything miraculous or unbelievable. the chairperson new testament includes the death of christ. there is no as just one example and no miracles obviously. my father uses those two important figures of contrast and he delivers the speech off into groups of catholic lawyers and telling them st. thomas moore is a great model for you and i will just read the end of this speech. it is the hope of most speakers to impart wisdom and that's in my hope to impart those already regarded as stupidity. rb thought to be fool's? no doubt this date -- st. paul wrote in the corinthian swear pools and christ would describe us of all things and we would not get to have unless we would become of little children. it was a reminder to a specifically christian bands that they would be seen as peculiar to non-christians particularly in secular environments obviously. that speech was crucial to him and he delivered that one often. there's another speech he delivere

about the relationship and different political views of john adams and thomas jefferson. >> adams was re