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Lincoln and the Dirty Business of Politics Appealing to rightness and reason is rarely enough to achieve big things. Politics requires dealing with human beings, and human beings are flawed. January 10, 2013 •  "The greatest measure of the nineteenth century. Passed by corruption, aided and abetted by the purest man in America." These lines, from the movie "Lincoln," capture an elemental truth about politics. They are spoken by the leader of the Radical Republicans, Thaddeus Stephens, as he hands the official copy of the freshly adopted 13th Amendment a...

The fdr administration, actually took neighborhoods that were less segregated and made them more segregated. the way housing subsidies were distributed. so we've got to be intentional about this because a lot of intention, unfortunately, brought us to the point we're at right now. >> mr. mayor, let me ask you about reparations back in the reconstruction era, thaddeus stephens, one of my heros, talked about 30 acres and a mule. is it a quantum of money or an opportunity to go to places like dartmouth where there are special educational opportunities? what would be the form? so an ongoing enduri...

Far-off historic wrongs, i'm talking about the fact that some of our segregated neighborhoods and of course here in fresno there is an egregious pattern of segregation, but it's true in my hometown, too. that's not a knock on fresno. >> mayor -- >> some of that happened because of policy. because federal subsidies. and this goes, for example, in the fdr administration, actually took neighborhoods that were less segregated and made them more segregated. the way housing subsidies were distributed. so we've got to be intentional about this because a lot of intention, unfortunately, brought us to ...

Distributed. so we've got to be intentional about this because a lot of intention, unfortunately, brought us to the point we're at right now. >> mr. mayor, let me ask you about reparations back in the reconstruction era, thaddeus stephens, one of my heros, talked about 30 acres and a mule. is it a quantum of money or an opportunity to go to places like dartmouth where there are special educational opportunities. what would be the form? so an ongoing enduring value to african-americans in this country, not just money up front but a change in their opportunity. >> well, that's what this -- >> ho...

your question is so timely. it is time for us really to spend time learning about his years as secretary of state. we said earlier he served three presidents and some historians suggest that we look at blaine's legacy. it is really in the area of -- international affairs. can you speak to his influence and answer his question about whether or not he left the country? >> sure. maybe i will take the first one first is that's okay. i don't believe that he went to central or south america. >> europe. >> europe, yes. he -- he traveled several times to europe. to your open. in the period b...