The editor in chief of forbes media. Have all ofeased to them at this table. Forbes and what is it . It is the same today and it in 1917. E first issue business was originated to produce happiness and not to pile of money and millions. Entrepreneurial capitalism. Critic. Drama he went after henry ford for the way that he treated the employees. He wanted the best out of capitalism. He thought that was the way we all got to rise up. Was a year to start a magazine. Whats it showed his spirit. It was during a war and the russian revolution. Therandfather created capitalist tool and it survived the soviet union. Storyre is the gorbachev i want to talk about. Andmagazine got traction William Randolph hearst offered to purchase it. Yes. Hearst was allowed to continue his column. My grandfather was the only person that hearst a loud to have something on the side. In 1928, he offered tens of millions of dollars to buy my grandfather down. My grandfather turned it down and he had cause to regret
Are my grandchildren. There comes a point in life whether your 20 or 70 and you have to leave it a better place than when you entered it. I wanted them to learn lessons from my public life. Second, as i had been running and Holding Office and losing for office and running uphill races, i was struck by two comments that framed my opinion. A famed conductor said a liberal is someone who believes in a bright infinite future. A conservative is someone who stands up for history yelling stop. Thats a famous quote. Thats it. A progressive leads in congress and as fdr said in his convention speech, look, government can air and help people but better to make mistakes in the interest of helping peoples lives than being frozen in the ice of and indifference. They tried things the republicans want to go back to the 1950 and 1850 and got only knows. It framed the theme of the book which is that the arc of my public life from the 60s to 16 tracked progressive majority in america. I was part of the m
Our interview with former lawer and politician mark green. Mr. Green discusses his book bright, infinite future. A memior on the progressive right. Memoir. This is your 23ered book. Why did you write it . Guest i wrote it for ava and otis who are my grandchildren. There comes a point when you have to leave the world a better place than you had and i wanted them to learn lessons from my public life. I was living being a protoage of ralph nadir i was struck by two things. A famous conductor said in 1953, a liberal is someone that believes in a bright, infinate future. And bill buckley said for the Mission Statement for the National Review foundnd in 1955 is a conservative is someone who stands for history yelling stop. I said that is it. A progressive believes in progress. As fdr said in his 1936 convention speech. Government can error and help people but better it help peoples life than be frozen in indifference. Food stamps sound like good for them. Who is giving food to hungry people
Not so. Time, and yourme men left columbia university, graduated from columbia, joined the st. Louis postdispatch, became an editorial writer, and along the way, he met Richard Nixon. That began a magnificent journey. Carpet rideargin from Richard Nixons defeat through years of what Richard Nixon described as the wilderness years, to the achievement of the highest office in the world, president of the United States. Pat buchanan was with him every step of the way and its reported in this great book just this is thet week, Pacific Coast launch of it, the greatest comeback, of how Richard Nixon built the new majorityand the silent , and how he won the presidency. This is a man who spent every day with him, strategizing, and hes aeating firsthand eyewitness to the magnificent brilliance of the 37th president. Pat buchanan. [applause] mr. Buchanan thank you very much, sandy. I was going to mention all the folks i served with over the years, even going back 4 and 5 decades, and id like to s
As hank myers said, i am privileged to be the president and ceo of the National Constitution center in is the only which institution in america chartered by congress to disseminate information about the u. S. Constitution on a nonpartisan basis. What an inspiring charter that is. I am thrilled to be here at the for our ford symposium symposium on gerald ford. This is what we hope will be a series of collaborations with libraries across the country where we will join in theirrship to explore constitutional legacy. In partisan politics every person who serves as president makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the constitution, and the limits in places on governmental powers. I could not imagine a better than the one that we are going to talk about today. This panel is devoted to president ford domestic posit policy. Theael gearhart is distinguished professor of law of northiversity carolina chapel hill. He is author of a new book, the forgotten president. One of the 10