American history tv on cspan 3. This is a portrait of kentuckys henry clay, known to us as n our history books as the great compromiser. During his 49year political career, clay served as secretary of state, speaker of the house, and as a u. S. Senator. And he was a contender. Making five president ial bids, including the election of 1824, is 1832 against Andrew Jackson and 1844 when he ran against james k. Polk. Tonight we are on locations in ashland, henry clays home in lexington, kentucky and for the next 90 minutes we will explore the life and legacy of this man. Unsuccessful in his long quest for the white house yet having an outsized influence on American History. We are in henry clays parlor right now, let me introduce you to the historian. Why is henry clay relevant to americans living in our time . I think on couple accounts. First of all, his famous comment i would rather be right than be president still speaks to us. Its a clarion call to people across whatever were doing, w
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John but even on fox some people think politicians run america. We elect responsible people to run the country. John politicians dont run america, we do. Im glad one politician gets this but voters dont seem inspired. Im still running for president and we have been doing this john the elite and their enemy. Thats our show tonight. And now jon stossel. John quella to complain about elites, the people who seem to have a special advantage privileges in life. I think about the rich people who go to the fancy parties that appear in the style section of our newspapers. And the spoiled rich kids who party all night. I resent them because i dont think most of them work for their wealth. They dont contribute. Still, those elites are mostly harmless but theres one group of truly dangerous elites the politicians who have power over others. The spoiled party kids may have stupid ideas but they can impose them on the rest of us. Politicians can. Politicians get to use force, Government Force and li
John but even on fox some people think politicians run america. We elect responsible people to run the country. John politicians dont run america, we do. Im glad one politician gets this but voters dont seem inspired. Im still running for president and we have been doing this john the elite and their enemy. Thats our show tonight. And now jon stossel. John quella to complain about elites, the people who seem to have a special advantage privileges in life. I think about the rich people who go to the fancy parties that appear in the style section of our newspapers. And the spoiled rich kids who party all night. I resent them because i dont think most of them work for their wealth. They dont contribute. Still, those elites are mostly harmless but theres one group of truly dangerous elites the politicians who have power over others. The spoiled party kids may have stupid ideas but they can impose them on the rest of us. Politicians can. Politicians get to use force, Government Force and li
John but even on fox some people think politicians run america. We elect responsible people to run the country. John politicians dont run america, we do. Im glad one politician gets this but voters dont seem inspired. Im still running for president and we have been doing this john the elite and their enemy. Thats our show tonight. And now jon stossel. John quella to complain about elites, the people who seem to have a special advantage privileges in life. I think about the rich people who go to the fancy parties that appear in the style section of our newspapers. And the spoiled rich kids who party all night. I resent them because i dont think most of them work for their wealth. They dont contribute. Still, those elites are mostly harmless but theres one group of truly dangerous elites the politicians who have power over others. The spoiled party kids may have stupid ideas but they can impose them on the rest of us. Politicians can. Politicians get to use force, Government Force and li