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Talking about if nowol the news other parts of the world where political leaders will insist that the values we take for granted, they say thats culture imperialism. Thats your system but we dont live that way. Well, its not clear that those leaders have always consulted their own people about how they feel about those pronouncements from the top. So thank you for that question. Are we out of time . Okay. Thank you so much. I appreciate it. Thank you. [applause] [inaudible conversations] next up...

Produce the bill of rights because he honestly believes the antifederalist continue to be a major threat and one of the things he repeated a talks about is this will prevent a Second Convention. This will prevent a Second Convention and a lot of his friends and colleagues think he is a worrywart. But at the very end when the bill of rights comes to virginia there are letters between Patrick Henry and another who says wait. The people will realize this government will be tyrannical and we will ha...

Produce the bill of rights because he honestly believes the antifederalist continue to be a major threat and one of the things he repeated a talks about is this will prevent a Second Convention. This will prevent a Second Convention and a lot of his friends and colleagues think he is a worrywart. But at the very end when the bill of rights comes to virginia there are letters between Patrick Henry and another who says wait. The people will realize this government will be tyrannical and we will ha...

Thank you so much. I wish my parents could have heard that. It would have made my father very proud and my mother actually would have believed you. There you go. [laughter] for me as you suggested, this lecture concludes an amazing year. As it began just a year ago when the library, fred w. Smith library for George Washington and i was able to take a seat. During that year, i learned what a treasure all of you have in mount vernon. Led by the staff, they are extraordinarily dedicated and extraor...

Video competition is under way. Open to all middle and High School Students to create a five to sevenminute documentary on the theme the three branches and you county showing how a policy by the legislative executive or Judicial Branch of the government has affected you or your community. Theres 2 hu00 cash prizes totag 100,000. Go to studentcam. Org. At the white house today president obama held a News Conference to answer questions about the republican takeover of the u. S. Senate and republic...

Live up to here. Well, today i have the privilege of introducing our noted speaker, jack rakove, an exceptional student and teacher of history, a pulleys zero prizewinning author. Hell share his insights on James Madisons ticklish experiment at constitution making and will no doubt have us reflect. Rakove is the William Robertson coprofessor of history of american studies and political law at Stanford University where hes taught since 1980. Hes also taught at Colgate University from 1975 to 80. ...

On the tight shot of the tractor trailer and big dumpster or on the traffic right now but either way we are looking at a mess here on i95, worst time of the day and worst stretch of i95. This is the only stretch between two big sections that are undercover trucks. So this is usually the the smooth part, and the widest part of the road and you can see guardrail as we come back tooth ground shot here guardrail has been per versaceized. Apparently around 3 00 the guy driving this truck southbound w...

About James Madisons role in the creation of the constitution. He also explores madisons arguments in the the federalist papers papers he published with Alexander Hamilton and john jay. St. Johns college in annapolis hosted this event. It is 90 minutes. I am chris nelson, the president of st. Johns college. It is my pleasure to welcome you to the college for this issues Forum Sponsored by the friends of st. Johns. We have a rich tradition at the college of encouraging Lifelong Learning and invit...

Wonng of the constitution the Pulitzer Prize in history in 1996. Writetinues to research, and speak prolifically. The principal area of research are the areas of the revolution and constitution. Practice and theory of James Madison and the knowledge inrical constitutional litigation. He is the author of six books. Most recently revolutionaries a new history of invention of america the finalist for the George Washington prize. His other publications include James Madison and the creation of the A...

I wish my parents could have heard that. It would have made my father very proud and my mother actually would have believed you. So there you go. For me as you suggested, this lecture concludes an amazing year that began just a year ago when the library the fred w. Smith library for the study of George Washington opened and i was able to take a seat as one of the inaugural fellows. During that year, i learned what a treasure always of you have in mount vernon led by kurt brands and with library ...