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Washington, the union wouldnt have stayed. fdr is told somehow that the japanese-americans will be coming in from california to detroit to take over the country. but as thurgood marshall, the supreme court justice once said, those are the moments when civil liberties matter the most and you have to be careful. all those presidents suffer in history. you have to be careful. all of those presidents suffer in history. eleanor roosevelt said about the incarceration of japanese americans and fdrs fai...

As it is, that still becomes an act that has to be judged. it doesnt mean -- biographers will shadow it, but its -- >> the people on -- the people on that mountain now, should thomas jefferson be there, slave holder? had a long-time sexual relationship with a woman he owned. >> george washington. >> should george washington, a slave owner. should abraham lincoln who said if i can save the union and preserve slavery, i would do it but i cant so ill free the slaves. none of these -- none of these ...

So much? >> it turned lees army back, ended the invasion of the north and was the turning point of the war. at that point, though it was going to be difficult and bloody and the wilderness campaign and many, many lives would be lost, in historical perspective that was the end -- the beginning of the end as churchhill might say of the war. and my sense, too, it resonates not only because of what happened there militarily in 1963 but because of the words spoken there. what abraham lincoln did at t...

Congress, presidency without purpose and then the civil war comes along. i remember jfk saying at one time, could i be a great -- i dont remember but said to have said can i be a great president without a war. clinton wondered the same thing. a war can undo you as with lbj or offer you that chance to make the country come together. certain sense, bush had that chance at 9/11 could he have summoned the country to greatness at that point which did not happen. >> and evan, heres another example of ...

You have to be careful. all those presidents suffer in history. eleanor roosevelt said about the incarceration of the japanese-americans and fdrs failure to bring more jewish refugees into the country before hitler closed the door forever those were his scars. i think lincoln if he came back now would know his scar he wished he hadnt had to do the habeas corpus. usually you dont have to do those things but this is your point, war gross on itself and you do everything you need to. its a sad, dark...

Where everybody was ready to go and ike said, sit down. >> war is a temptation. we joke about chicken hawks but this is a real problem. men need to show their manhood, and arguably, george w. bush had something to prove to the nation and to himself and to his father, when he evaded iraq. i mean you dont have to get too heavy into the psycho babel, to see the draw and lure of war men have been drawn by. eisenhower had won world war ii, he had conquered, liberated europe. he didnt need it. teddy r...

Personality, he didnt have a war. when lincoln was a young man, he lamented the fact that the republic had been formed, all the great guys on mountains, rivers and streams and his generation had no challenge, whats going to be left for us, modest ambitions, maybe a congress, presidency without purpose and then the civil war comes along. i remember jfk saying at one time could i be a great president, i dont remember, but said to have said. can i be a great president without a war. clinton wondere...