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Some speech, he would simply thank them and say, i'm talk to you when the time comes. i mean if he could hold back, where are we today when nobody holds back? i mean this whole tweeting thing, when i think about what's happened to the communication of our country, when abraham lincoln gave speeches, they'd be printed in full in the newspapers. you would read them. you'd absorb them. when teddy roosevelt is speaking, he has that punchy language. when fdr is speaking, he's speaking intimately in long prepared fire side chats. he would spend weeks on every one. now people are saying things all of...

When fdr is speaking, he's speaking intimately in long prepared fire side chats. he would spend weeks on every one. now people are saying things all of a sudden with no control over themselves. something is going wrong in the coarseness of the language in the country. >> i had a brother who signed up for the peace corps after hearing jfk's inaugural address. talk about the power. >> that's what it can mean. >> of words. that's why we need you here often. so we'll sneak in a break. we'll continue our conversation with doris kearns goodwin right after this. et outside. pack in even more adventur...

Most important thing a president does is to set a example by his character, by his words. words matter. abraham lincoln, the greatest debat deba debater, never wanted to speak extemporaneously. when the soldiers would wait for some speech, he would simply thank them and say, i'm talk to you when the time comes. i mean if he could hold back, where are we today when nobody holds back? i mean this whole tweeting thing, when i think about what's happened to the communication of our country, when abraham lincoln gave speeches, they'd be printed in full in the newspapers. you would read them. you'd ...