Returned to the farm. Thats a theme that this country was founded on. If you go up to the rotunda in the capital and you look at the great painting of the tremble of George Washington turning over his powers as commanderinchief and the Continental Army to the congress, the cincinnatus symbols are all do that painting because the Founding Fathers really believe this is what democracy entails. It meant that citizenship met any citizen should be called, could be called upon any time to serve his country or her country and any capacity including the greatest power. In the power belong to the people, therefore, power would be returned by those who held it for a time. Truman liked to say i try never to forget who i was, where he came from, and where would go back to. Thats the cincinnatus Team Obviously but it also shows that he knows who he was. He knew who he was and he was proud of who he was and the return to independence after he left the office of the presidency in 1953 was his way of
Random house will be providing discount codes for guests to purchased all that are on tonight and throw to introduce the current speaker of the evening. Americas most trusted lifestyle expert and entrepreneur and awardwinning Television Show host and founder of the first multichannel company on the media. Also the author of more than 90 book signed cooking and we are so thrilled she is joining us tonight. Welcome. Thank you teresa. A couple of first for me to stay home is very unusual for me. Just having the time to think as deeply as i have been thinking is unusual because im always busy. I thought tonight instead of talking about food and home and lifestyle of my field of work, i thought i would talk about something i wrote a long time ago called standards of perfection with those examination of two things and the adding of a third to see which is the best the childrens room library and with every single book on the shelf and steered me to those volumes that would set my standards. T
Discussed his biography of president harry truman. The book was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for biography and was instrumental in changing attitudes about the truman presidency. Here is a portion of that interview. The assassination and the number of president s had been assassinated, why wouldnt the government have protections . This wasnt done. Why wouldnt the government have a pension for everybody but no pension for a president . He had very little money. He had to borrow some money quite secretly which dean patterson cosigned to pay for the move back home. This is not wellknown. It doesnt mean he doesnt have money. He did have money but needed cash to cover expenses of moving out of the white house. When he got home, in order to provide himself some income he undertook the writing of his autobiography, his memoirs which no other president had ever done. Except Herbert Hoover but hoovers time in office was much briefer, trumans presidency covered far more to multiple us history tumu
Cspan why wouldnt the government at that time have protections for him . Guest why wouldnt the government have a pension. There were for pensions for nobody else and not a penchant for the present in effect he had very little money. He had to borrow money quite secretly which dean acheson cosigned to pay for the move back home. This is not wellknown and it doesnt mean he didnt have any money. He did have money but he needed cash to cover all the expenses coming out of the white house. When he got home in order to provide himself some income he undertook the writing of his autobiography, his memoirs which no other president had ever done except for herbert hoover. Hoovers time in office was much briefer than was trumans presidency and covered far more tumultuous history so to undertake the 2volume memoir was a very major ambitious task and then he build his library. There had been a previous president ial library, Franklin Roosevelt library at hyde park established after roosevelt had d
The chat. Guests can purchase all of the books that are featured tonight. Now on to the program. Im so thrilled to introduce our first speaker of the evening, Martha Stewart. Martha stewart is americas most trusted lifestyle expert and the founder of the first multichannel lifestyle company, Martha Stewart living. Shes also the author of more than 90 books on cooking, entertaining, crafts and home keeping, gardens, weddings and decorating. Were so thrilled that marthas joining us tonight. Welcome. Thank you, teresa. Well, its a couple of firsts for me. Staying home is very unusual for he me. Thinking, having the time to think as deeply as ive beening thinking these last few weeks is also unusual because im always busy. And i thought tonight instead of talking about food and home and lifestyle, my field of work, i thought i would talk about something that i wrote quite a long time ago called standards of perfection. The foundation of taste is comparison. The examination of two things, w