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Peculiar way we count the two nonconsecutive administrations of Grover Cleveland in the 19th century. All 44 of those president s have been males. All but two of them have been white protestant males. , of the 44, have been elected to second terms, which is a room entry indicator of the character of our political system and its volatility. Scarcely more than one third of our chief executives beginning in the 18th century have been elected to a second term for one reason or another. Eight have di...

Of the character of our political system and its volatility. Scarcely more than one third of our chief executives, beginning in the 18th century, have been elected to a second term for one reason or another. Eight have died in office. Four have been assassination. Five have been elected without popular majorities. Three have been impeached, two of those in the lifetime of many people with us here today. Of all of those numbers, the one i want to of the size most, is the number one. By that i mea...

Which is some kind of a rudimentary indicator of the character of our political system and its volatility. Scarcely more than one third of our chief executives, beginning in the 18th century, have been elected to a second term for one reason or another. Eight have died in office. Four have been assassinated. Five have been elected without popular majorities. Three have been impeached, two of those in the lifetime of many people with us here today. Of all of those numbers, the one i want to empha...

Constitutional convention, he tried to lead by conciliation, by listening, by cooperation. At the Constitutional Convention, he listened to everyone, he met with people at night, he worked out compromises. Sure, some did not go along. There were people he broke with like george mason. He brought enough together to work across lines. It was always shifting alliances. But this was not the dream he had. Its what we got though. Brian how much time have you spent at mount vernon to do your books the ...

Constitutional convention, he tried to lead by conciliation, by listening, by cooperation. At the Constitutional Convention, he listened to everyone, he met with people at night, he worked out compromises. Sure, some did not go along. There were people he broke with like george mason. He brought enough together to work across lines. It was always shifting alliances. But this was not the dream he had. Its what we got though. Brian how much time have you spent at mount vernon to do your books the ...

Constitutional convention, he tried to lead by conciliation, by listening, by cooperation. At the Constitutional Convention, he listened to everyone, he met with people at night, he worked out compromises. Sure, some did not go along. There were people he broke with like george mason. He brought enough together to work across lines. It was always shifting alliances. But this was not the dream he had. Its what we got though. Brian how much time have you spent at mount vernon to do your books the ...

Welcome and happy flag day. [applause] i hope i have communicated to you how excited i am that its flag day. Does anybody read what i wrote in todays paper . I wrote an oped in the wall street journal about flag day and i will be talking about the a little bit later on. Im really excited about that. I want to talk about why that day is in for it to me kind of ties in the theme of the book actually so im not talking about the book. And introducing myself. I not going to introduce myself. I did th...

With tons of videos of the interviewing Extraordinary People i cannot even in think of the list bevy have cab and clad well right here on the stage, i cannot even think the comedy team during san shriver also planted in the andrews sisters hand of londons sisters. Flip wilson. Avid demand castillo i interview them all of this stage in darwin. [laughter] is in the lafayette. He was old but we have had the eclectic smorgasbord of socrates is the city tickets and stave from socrates. I am greek so ...

Dying in the streets. Ldnt en they would kick the matter of their houses then waterford is a beautifulhe town. With though long List Suspension bridge and we have a great scene rather want to start the revolutiont ot of the masses of water of wate turnout then we crossed the bridge and you feel that power which by the way is one of the prettiest places on earth if you have them there. Because to this state you live and mostly horror tasmania you can trace your ancestry. That is a badge of honor....

Caribbean, and then he was sent to tasmania, and he had terrible asthma. Meagher was the great orator during the rebel times, mitchell was the great writer. So it was a onetwo punch. Mitchell would write in the newspaper, meagher would give speeches in front of thousands of people. They were very close. Mitchell finally comes to america as well, but he likes slavery. Something happens in him that he sees slavery as not a bad thing. He writes in his own newspaper that if you irishmen are coming t...