Good evening and welcome to the Lincoln Group of washington, d. C. It is a pleasure to have you all here tonight for our speaker program. Those also who are watching on cspan. The Lincoln Group of washington, d. C. , is the longest, continuously functioning lincoln organization having been founded in the 1930s. Www. Ve a website at lincolngroup. Org, which is where our members and friends find out what we are doing. We are pleased tonight that our speaker is charles strozier. Charles is both a historian, professor at the City University of new york, but also a practicing psychoanalyst, and his study of Abraham Lincoln, which began many years ago 40 years ago and more has culminated in the book he published last year, your a. Lincoln the enduring friendship of Abraham Lincoln and joshua speed. Author of many books. In particular in 2011, and the anniversary of 9 11, his book until the fires stopped burning the11 and new york city in words and experiences of survivors and witnesses was n
Officially called the state of the union the first time around for a new president. Inside the house chamber, First Lady Melania Trump has just taken her seat, were told, along with ivanka trump and jared kushner. We want to show you this extraordinary picture recorded a little while ago, the president seen on camera practicing his speech or at least thats what he appears to be doing inside the beast, his president ial limo. A lot of buzz over what the president might say including from the president. We learned a potential nod, a compromise on immigration may be afoot. Chuck todd is here with our team. Chuck, this suddenly came up with Network Broadcasters today, maybe ill talk about the immigration bill. He talked about what he might do about socalled dreamers, kids brought here by their parents, not on their own. It felt almost offthecuff at one point. He said maybe the time is right, maybe theres a point where you could do a big immigration bill, as he called it. He used the word c
For a new president. Inside the house chamber, First Lady Melania Trump has just taken her seat, were told, along with ivanka trump and jared kushner. We want to show you this extraordinary picture recorded a little while ago, the president seen on camera practicing his speech or at least thats what he appears to be doing inside the beast, his president ial limo. A lot of buzz over what the president might say including from the president. We learned a potential nod, a compromise on immigration may be afoot. Chuck todd is here with our team. Chuck, this suddenly came up with Network Broadcasters today, maybe ill talk about the immigration bill. He talked about what he might do about socalled dreamers, kids brought here by their parents, not on their own. It felt almost offthecuff at one point. He said maybe the time is right, maybe theres a point where you could do a big immigration bill, as he called it. He used the word compromise. A big immigration bill. He said, maybe ill mention i
People talk about the idea of service. What would he think about a former secretary of state making 225,000 to give a speech . John well, thats an interesting question. Of course, in his day politics was not a root to wealth. The opposite. And when he was a young man, he ran for the state legislature of massachusetts. Most of his friends who were all lawyers like him wouldnt do that because the theory was first you make dough as a merchant or a lawyer, whatever it was, and then when you are comfortable, you can afford to go into politics because no one ever made a nickel. Congressman in those days would get 9 as a per diem. Adams struggled economically his whole life but he thought that it was right that he struggle. And i think that, again, part of his sense of its Public Service is that you accept the fact that youre not going to make money doing it and youll die poor. Indeed, the president s who preceded adams, jefferson famously, but madison not so famously, monroe not so famously
He would be critical now. Know, i think above the donald trump thing, his first reaction would be, what happened to the idea of Public Service . why are we having some guy who thinks his business qualification his qualification is business . Askedt himself if you had him, why are you qualified to be president , he would say, because i have served the public selflessly, and that was true, since i was a young man. He had been a congressman, secretary of state. His own definition of sacrifice and even of heroism all had to do with the idea i am here for the republic. That is my purpose. And i think he would be sort of saddened and second by this sort of discussed with which people talk about the idea of service. Brian what would he think about a former secretary making 225,000 to give a speech . James that is an interesting question. In his day, politics was not a root cause. It was the opposite. When he was a young man, he ran for the state legislature of massachusetts. All of his friend