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he is born in 1751, and then he do is in 1836. 85 years old. so, he has seen the fight over missouri being admitted to the union. he sees nullification crisis but he is the last one. aaron byrd. but that's the other side. the dark side. >> host: in 2006, you wrote wow what would the founders do," wwfd, and in that book you write: the founders invite our questions now because they invited discussion when they lived. they were dry in public speeches and in journalism. >> guest: that's right. they set up a republic and they're very proud of doing that, and this is unique -- virtually un...

oldest, born in 1706. he knows cotton mather and the died in 1790. he signs both the declaration of independence and the constitution. the last to die was james madison. he is born in 1751, and then he do is in 1836. 85 years old. so, he has seen the fight over missouri being admitted to the union. he sees nullification crisis but he is the last one. aaron byrd. but that's the other side. the dark side. >> host: in 2006, you wrote wow what would the founders do," wwfd, and in that book you write: the founders invite our questions now because they invited discussion when they lived. t...

the government. >> host: how did we get from the glorious revolution of 1688 to the american revolution of 1776? >> guest: a. [laughter] and the idea is that informed the glorious revolution cited to justify it. and for americans to justify their revolution? there was real continuity the ideas expressed from one the familiar% or other writers of the 17th century as they carried on and they were basic political truthsy. for the 18th century. >> host: what were cahal some of those ideas?sn't itsy when the government is not determined by got and together and associate with each other an...

expressed by a familiar person, john locke, other writers of the 17th century and popularizes the 18th century and they became basic political truths for americans of 18th century. >> what were those ideas? >> the government isn't determined by god. people come together, associate with each other, form compacts, to create society and governments and that they ash points officials, to serve their end, and the ideas are summarized neatly in the second paragraph of the declaration of independence. that all men lived once in a world where they were equal and there were no kings and every...

mr. tucker discusses his book at the john locke foundation in raleigh, north carolina. this program is about an hour. [applause] >> thank you very much and especially to the john locke foundation for inviting me today. i've been looking forward to this. they were very generous in giving me a lot of latitude as to what i talked about today, and what i'd like to do is try to answer the question that i've been getting a lot or ever since the book came out. as most of you all know, this is my first attempt and probably only attempt at writing a book, and so lots of people have asked me, ...