my favorite founder is john adams. some say adams is my favorite founder because he is cranky and slightly overweight. i think those are wonderful attributes. but that's not why love adams. he was the heartbeat of the revolution. adams was this person who stood on the floor the continental congress day after day and said it would only be independence that brought the people of this continent true freedom, true liberty, true happiness. he was shouted down day after day by colleagues from all over the country. from pennsylvania and south carolina, from georgia and new york, he kept getting up every day and saying it. it was because of the will of people like john adams and his wife abigail that this country came into being. four years later, after adams had served as an ambassador, after he served as vice president, he was back in retirement writing for his diary and he said he was writing this for posterity. he was writing it for us, for all of us, people he would never know. but the dream could exist in the country he

>> there's a famous quotation from john adams because he cited a lot of history books. he said one third, one third. one third work for it, one third were against it and one ,third wanted to be neutral . in fact he wasn't talking about the american revolution hawhen he said that. he was talking about the french revolution believe it or not. historians who have studied the lawyer less movement show at that point 20 percent, slightly less than 20 percent of the american population and as loyalists. there's spectrum within the loyalists community americans were much less than that and then there are people on the other side who simply wanted to remain neutral but some of the comments i made to david suggest you weren't allowed to remain neutral. that's one of the secrets of the cause. you were forced at the local level to take a position and if you weren't willing to endorse a commitment to the principles of independence, pressure was on that eventually force you to change your mind or two leave town or perhaps leave the country. at any rate, i think that about a third of

john adams, george washington, every truman. they didn't want in saying this is fascinating, living in the past. are we remarkable in our following. understood the english language. look at the famous speeches of the 1948 campaign, almost all delivered extemporaneously from the back of the trade. look at the quality of the language. the good clear english language. how proud his teachers must have been. if an all one syllable words and would suffice for a three syllable word, it would fall on harry truman to use the short word just as abraham lincoln did. and it had much to do with the fact that he had latin. he had a classical education which is exactly the kind of education john adams or thomas jefferson. and if you were george washington for henry knox work nathaniel greene and you only had a sixth grade education, and you read the classics in english translations. the classical education was what they understood the story to me in the founding times. there was no american history to read so they led classical history from cl

. >> there's a famous quotation from john adams that he cited and a lot of history books and he said that it is one third and one third and one third, one third the reporting one third that was against it in one wanted to be neutral and in fact, he was not talking about the american revolution when he said that, he was talking about the french revolution believe it or not in the historian students study the soils movement showed that about 20 percent or just slightly less than 5 percent of the working population, ended up as loyalists and the spectrum within the loyalists community refer those actively performed against them for much less than that. and people on the other side is simply wanted to remain neutral. some of the comments that i may today become a would suggest that you were not allowed to remain neutral one of the secrets of the cause pretty you are forced to the local level to take a position and if you weren't willing to endorse the commitment to the principles of independence the pressures on you that eventually force you to change your mind or the town or perhaps lea

. >> john adams and. [inaudible]. >> so july 4, 1826, on the 15th anniversary john adams and thomas jefferson, old archrivals on the second and third presence, they both died. and you have all of the speeches celebrating of course the revolution from the declaration. declaration through the 1820s is a big booming business, speeches and memorials and commemorations all of the time and this is again at the building of a public history memorials and monuments are super important it is how people make their identity and remember it and all of these civic rituals and all of these ways of sort of building a cultural identity printed one of those commemorations happened in 1920, because of course 200 years since the lighting of the pilgrims. so one thing to keep in mind is up until 1820, the pilgrims were celebrated but mostly in new england and that his if you're in charleston's, you're like the pilgrims who. why is this important to me and in 1820, partly through the work of the sky daniel webster, the pilgrim

devon wants to know, said you mentioned in context adams, john adams. >> okay. >> only said anything bad about lafayette? what did he say? jealousy? 50 a day, tweet that out and believe was an were, positive note, for our time are the -- questions or takeaways from contemporary politics taken from lafayette? >> sure. >> still a question. >> yeah. just a very small thing, because we don't have much time. the thing about -- okay. i'm going off on a thing here. there is a tendency that people often have to subconsciously believe that things like progress and reform change for the better are just sort of things that happen. like, look back on history. history is a story of progress. so, like, don't worry about things. things will get better, because progress will take care of it, capital p progress or capital r reform. look back. aren't things better for this group and that group. yes. you want to know why? because people fought for it. people got out and did something about it. and the very people who -- you think are like -- are like radicals today, right? that you would say to them, l

he said you mentioned adam says in john adams and he tweeted out with jessica's question. are there any lessons or takeaways that you took from lafayette? >> just a very small thing because we don't have much time. the thing about, okay there is a tendency that people often have two subconsciously believe that things like progress and reform change for the better are just things that happen. look back on history. history is really progress. you don't worry about things will get better because progress will take care of it capital p progress but aren't things better for this group in that group? yes and you want to know why, because people fought for it and people went out and did something about it and the very people who you think are like radicals today and he would say to them why are you making such a big deal about it? we will do? we will do? we will do anchorman to reform and even incremental reform doesn't happen without lots of people making it happen. lafayette was somebody who from the very beginning of his life and to the end of his life was constantly using his

john adams, harry truman. are we remarkable? truman understood the english language. look at the famous speeches of the 1948 campaign. almost all delivered extemporaneously from the back of the train. look at the quality of the language. good, clear english language. if a one syllable word would suffice. just as abraham lincoln did. and then it had much to do with a classical education. or henry knox or general nathaniel green. and then you read the classics and english translations. a classical education is what they understood history to mean in the founding times. there was no american history so they read classical history which came the notion of honor, virtue, honesty, charact. character is destiny. and to study that in a living model look at the story very truman. common sense is not common and is full tear observed or how many before. truman understood that. interest value. >> the first real test of common sense of character and leadership is the subject of our next stop. on october 14 find out what happened i wouldn't be left out of the greatest history makin

., john quincy adams gifted to him by lafayette. good job. gary, question number two, which of these presidents fought for the british army? abraham lincoln, george washington, thomas jefferson or mary poppins? [laughter] >> how about thomas jefferson? kennedy: nope, he paid a key role my 1755 to 58 and then he thought the whigs were conflating so he switched to the revolutionary. here we go, which of these president and alcohol, cardplaying and dancing in the white house during his morning dump presidency? jane polk, ronald reagan, william henry h harrison or gandhi? [laughter] >> i would have liked you better if you set mary poppins. kennedy: my god is a presbyterian and he played a lot of cards. olivia, which of these presidents famous liquid right in greek with one hand and button in the other? at the same time. arthur, benjamin harrison or spider-man? >> let me go with garfield. kennedy: you are on the board. well done. at any time if you feel comfortablest, give me the question first, you can decide to press your luck. you will double p

and i go back to john adams one more time. suppose they take it and every member should regulate their conduct. every member would be for the justice, kindness to his fellow man and towards it almighty god. what a utopia. it is important to understand the understand the history of the world and in particular, we should pay attention of the books of the old test tay metropolitan and learning lessons. we cannot understand our constitution without a thorough readic of the bible. and you can't be a decent congressman and we have bible week today and i hope as many members read it. mr. lamborn: i would like to representative mary miller. >> i thank you for hosting this wonderful special order. it is fitting that we commemorate the central role and we get to sell operate the freedom that we have in this country to speak about the bible. bible reading has been a great encouragement for people and has contributed to the spiritual, moral and millions ofally am americans have been impacted and it is important to my constituents in the i

adams and george washington and all the other patriots where is the loyalist for some reason which i will get into the dawn embraces new identity. they still think of themselves as british subjects so this question of who are you and how do you identify, this is crucial and especially crucial in something like this where there's this new country created and this new country requires a new political elite within the political identity but it's also behind all sorts of conflicts and other aspects of history. who are you and how do you identify? would you consider to be your allies and friends and would you consider to be your enemy so there's that aspect and you raise the proposal and this was franklin's fondest dream that the british government and london would have sense enough to recognize that the future of the british empire actually lay in north america or franklin had done some the demographic work in probably america's first demographer studying the growth of population he could see that the population of british north america was double every generation. this was a much more r

as with john quincy adams will have as president. the division of a nation state which makes domestic and foreign policy in a robust way. and in that, washington is the member of a small minority in the nation. and anybody that opposes him could lay onto his position he is a tory because he's attempting to recreate a monarchy -- and of course jefferson is the main guy who is doing this behind the scenes. -- jefferson in the 17 90s, i don't really understand what he's doing. he spent 50 years writing about him and he didn't understand what he's doing. what he's doing is treasonable. he stabbing washington in the back. i might be wrong, kevin tell me -- jefferson wrote to martha when he became president ghani, can i come see? she never answered i don't think but she said, washington said i never want that man on my property. >> it's right after washington's death and in particular martha had a very powerful statement about her distaste for jefferson. i may bring up a little more language here. we're gonna talk about union quite a bit,

. >> this for marion, what would you say john adams most important contribution and why was he chosen to be the first white president. sina actually adams most important contribution was made early in the game in 1760s, and early 70s, even see this in the film in the play of 1776, he's recognizing that americans is inevitable and that america was looking for a messiah that would never come. and later on, he becomes vice president because he gets the second number of votes after washington and the election of 1789. and he hates the vice presidency and he said has the most ridiculous idea ever invented in the minds of man and one of the things that some listeners might be surprised by is that the first presidents, washington, adams and jefferson. and madison, they did not regard the presidency as the capstone of their careers, they regarded it as an epilogue. and adams thought his greatest contribution came in the revolution in washington thought it was during the war to win the war and jefferson believed his greatest contribution was the declaration of independence and that is the lead

it's a vision very close to what john quincy adams will have as president. and it is a vision of a nationstate that makes domestic and foreign policy in the robust way. and in that washington is a member of a very small minority in the nation. and anybody that opposes can lay onto his position because he is attempting to re-create the monarchy and of course jefferson is the main guy that is doing this behind the scenes. malone has spent 50 years writing about jefferson and said jefferson the 17 '90s i don't really understand what he is doing. it's been 50 years we don't understand what is doing. what he's doing is lying it is a treasonable. he is stabbing washington in the back. i might be wrong, kevin tell me, i have often said to students and i hope i was right, jefferson wrote to martha when he became president he was close to mount vernon, can i come see you? she never answered i don't think. she said that washington said i never want that man on my property. >> is right after washington's death in particular martha has a very powerful statement for jeff

you did research on colonial america in early american republic, you'd be more likely to think that john adams was a great president and we today perhaps criticize him partially for the alienation act criminalizing it the united states was for potential war with france and entirely it was political on adams opponents that were affiliated with the justices and lyndon johnson, and of the president a controversial one greatest color say the generally they liked his domestic policies find a lot to desire and the prosecutions of the vietnam war where he concealed of the true ascent of the united states involvement with the public had made a number of tactical decisions that potentially undermine the standards of the united states prevailing. and in 1997, published reading the presidents, they take up a lot of 719 people, 97 of these individuals were professors of american history or political science and the other individuals would be public officials, attorneys, and they are asking them to write presidents on five different dimensions, leadership qualities, accomplishments and private manage

adams and thomas jefferson, old archrivals, second and third president, the buckeye and you have all of the speeches celebrating of course the revolution and the declaration. so commemorations through the 1820s, is a big booming business, speeches and memorials commemorations all of the time and this is again the building of a public history. memorials and monuments are super important, it is how people make their identity and remember it all of these civic rituals and all of these ways of started building a cultural identities and what happens in 1920, because of course it is 200 years since the landing of the pilgrims. so one thing to keep in mind is up until 1820, the pilgrims were celebrated mostly in new england. if you're from charleston's, you're like the pilgrims who, why is this important to me. and in 1820, partly because of the work of daniel webster, the sentiment become nationalized they become a national origin story in a speech that he gives 1920, is one of the ways that begins to happen. so does anybody remember who daniel webster is. okay, so this guy is important, m

point, john quincy adams almost become obsessed with john tyler's nose among other thing's about the accidental president of the president without a pardon. but judge tyler passed on much more than his physical characteristics. tyler's relationship with his father -- his key to understanding him and the key to understanding how his addiction to politics developed. tyler was very close to his father. his mother died when he was seven years old, and the young boy took it hard as you might expect. he developed stomach ailments and his father worried about him, both because he was sickly and a nervous child, small and frail. the turning point of sorts occurred when the future president was about ten years old. the story -- at the very least, it's probably embellished. i actually kept it out of the book. i edited out of the book, the incident involved a scottish schoolmaster named murder, first name unknown who taught john tyler and several other boys in the neighborhood school not far from green way in -- county virginia. he seemed to take special delight and wrapping his students knuckl

adams, recredited to the republic. and today along with a host, chuck and lynda discovered that the number had grown somewhat and as a matter of fact of the rights of the diplomatic corps had swelled - 117. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ ♪♪ both washington and they honored chuck in the formal reception in and the powerful - and now their social calendar would be for an upcoming event that did not seem to fit in that category. [inaudible]. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ ♪♪ ♪ ♪♪ ♪ ♪♪ ♪ ♪♪ ♪ ♪♪ ... ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> actually chuck's social aid to dream whole thing up. they brought to life histories most famous. on hand was classic couples as the king of siam as well as 20th century bonnie and clyde. >> extra energetic balance. jim brady and louis. [laughing] >> get my picture on the back side of the box. your father forgot about this and he wants to make it a special occasion so the group -- i thought i would read this. it says the president in a surprise move named captain charles

john quincy adams notes john tyler's nose in a couple of his diary entries. in fact, you could even say at some point john quincy adams almost became obsessed with john tyler's nose among other things about the president without a party.se a but judge tyler passed on much more to his son than his physical characteristics. tyler's relationship with his father is key to understanding him and key to understanding how his addiction to politics developed. t h tyler was very close to his father. his mother died when he was 7 years old and the young boy took it hard, as you might expect. ha he developed stomach ailments and his father worried about him both because he was sickly and because he was a nervous child. small and frail.vo a turning point of sorts occurred when the future president was about 10 years old. the t story seems apockerateful and probably embellished and i actually kept it out of thero book. i edited it out of the book and cut it out of the book during the copy editing phase. the incident in question involved a scottish school master mcmurto who

i think john adams is the only other president that did as well. they really regarded parties as a threat to the stability of the republic. and so in washington's second term -- now political scientists think that the creation of political parties is one of the major contributions the founders made to the political thought, because it disciplines dissent and creates the possibility of a legitimate opposition, which is a good thing. washington and adams -- let's stick with washington. -- was cognitively incapable of thinking of a political party as anything other than an evil intrusion. he really -- and he could not see himself as the head of a party. you might think he is an aknack connism. but he is a classical figure in that regard. i would build again on something lindsey said. in the second term, the aurora, the -- now you look up in textbooks and neal say the opposing party that comes in the existence is the democratic republican party. wrong it's not called the democratic republican party. it's called the republican party. the world democrat

adams miniseries. he refers to washington as the fox and treated but this is a hunt and he's literally hunting washington, washington is running and hiding. he's using the fabian tactics because he wants to maintain the army and when the situation is in his favor such as hear where he's able to spring these very elaborate difficult silent night crossings of rivers, the delaware, attacking the hessians, giving americans this big moral booster time when favor of the war is waning and commissions are running out and from fighting this war in defense of ways rather than just being ultra aggressive, the idea of the older model of attack attack attack, washington will view the army very differently. he will say i hope every post is deemed honorable which gave them an opportunity to serve his country and by this means soldiers, officers, anyone can serve, he also expands it to anyone in the military and that could be civilians providing food or clothing, women taking collections to feed the army, african-amer

john adams and thomas jefferson, as washington's successors as president, expanded the executive reach further. jefferson, after some uncertainty, authorized the purchase of the louisiana territory from the polian bonaparte in 1803. and like washington, refused congressional demands for documents, pleading executive privilege. while adams and jefferson as president tried dangerously on civil liberties as they enforced the alien and sedition acts under adams and embargo acts under jefferson. so hesitant as the founders were about presidential power, the structure they created has turned out to be a durable one. the restraints posed on the office have insured the control of military affairs remains in civilian hands, the impeachment power has not led to any usurping of the executive branch by congress or the judiciary. but in every significant point of dispute over the president's powers, the resolution has almost invariably gone in the executive's favor. nor is that a new development. as we have seen, it began with the very first president. let me stop there, and having set the table, l

abigail adams wrote a strong letter to her husband, john adams, and i quote -- remember the ladies and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. today, i stand on the floor so proud to say and blessed to say that we have a president biden and a vice president harris who are laser focused on helping women and families in michigan and across the country. we're talking about remembering women and women of color, from affordable childcare, elder care, expanding the child tax credit, and providing universal pre-k. this agenda lifts women out of poverty. it educates our children while lowering costs. i want to be very clear, as we stand here today as the congressional black caucus, black women in america carries the highest amount of student debt in america. so when we talk about pell grants, this has a direct impact on -- for black women in america. when we talk about childcare and elder care, women are the predominant workforce in elder care and childcare. and they are disrespected with one of the lowest salaries of employment in the country. so let's talk about expanding