[inaudible conversations] [applause] ladies and gentlemen looking at this wonderful institution at the Constitution Center i see a lot of friends here and we have a responsibility on bill of rights day to inspire people around the world. So i will put aside what we are discussing not only the first part and i know you can hear us. The national Constitution Center is the only institution in america chartered by congress, due to somebody information on a nonpartisan basis and this is the purpose of the charter to increase understanding and that is what we will do today. On december 15, 1791 the bill of rights were ratified in those tenements have become iconic of american liberty. But as we will learn today in a fascinating series of discussions known as the bill of rights not until december 15, 1931 in the heart of world war ii that president roosevelt first began referring to the bill of rights and the first panel how the first ten amendments came to be known as the bill of rights. Som
After dinner, we had a fascinating, discussion about khrushchev and kennedy. But it was different ones, mrs. Jacqueline kennedy and mrs. Khrushchev. We may leave that for later discussion, but i enjoyed that conversation. Vlad is a professor of International History at the London School of economics. He is an expert of the cold war and soviet russian history, particularly intellectual history. Among his books particularly related to this topic, the failed empire and the cold war. From stalin to gorbachev. I noted among his books zhivagos children. Having just watched the movie yet again, dr. Zhivago, i was drawn to that topic. Jerry is a longtime friend of the Miller Center. We are always happy to welcome him back as we did recently for an american for him on his latest book, the impossible presidency, which in light of the incumbent is called it could be called the impossible president , but it is the impossible presidency. It is about whether anyone can be a successful president. He
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