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At 10 00 p. M. , Michael Tanner on the national debt. And at 11 00, the life of president at assassin john wilkes booth. All next on booktv. Glenn beck in your most recent back, it is about islam what do you open with Thomas Jefferson and the library of congress . Guest because jefferson changed my life. He wrote a letter to his nephew, peter carr, and peter was i dont remember 13, 15, somewhere in there and he was his mother had tied. His father was about to die. And the father within to thomas and said, will you oversee the education of my son when i pass on. Youre he smartest man i know. He said sure. So when peter comes of age he writes him this beautiful letter and he says, in mathematics you have to learn these things. When it comes to literature, never read a birth out of its native tongue because you lose to much. Then he gets to last one is religion and he said, when it comes to religion, above all things fix reason firmly in her seat and question with boldness even the very e
Guest never read a book out of its native tongue, because youll lose too much. And then he gets to the last one is religion. And he said when it comes to religion above all things, fix reason firmly in her seat and question with boldness even the very existence of god for if there be a god he must surely rather honest questioning over blindfolded fear. That changed my life. That coupled with the fact that Thomas Jefferson was the man who fought the first war against islam when he was in office. We had the first, you know, the barbary pirates, and he didnt really understand it. He was trying to understand, you know what do these people want . He owned one of the first copies in english of the quran in the United States. So he was a scholar, he Read Everything in its native tongue when he could he tried to be as fair as he could and he also read the entire quran. So i think he gives us a good example that this is a good place to start but we should all read the quran. We should all know
The example was the plantation women, he cut off their breast and had them hang in their home. Guest there are accounts for that. I include one from a loyalist who was assaulted in her home. This is a theme that is carried on. We think about war and talk about armies but there are always civilians caught between the armies. It certainly was true in pe petersberg and in berlin were raised by the invading soviet red army in retrobution from a what the russian soldiers had done. This is part of the war we have to understand. Your host your book does a great job in helping us tell the truth and understanding what war is in reality. The book is the Hidden History of america at war by kenneth c. Dav davis. I learn ad lot from it. Guest thank you. [applause] thank you to kenneth c. Davis and mark jacobs. Mr. Davis is signing books outside in the lobby. With the senate in its august break we will feature booktv starting at 8 p. M. Here are a view programs for the weekend. Saturday, august 22nd
Peaceful existence with everyone else. Then other group wants sharia law. Host you quote contrary to public misconception islam does not mean peace but rather submission to the commands of allah. Guest what we tried to do is show the people who actually do believe if i said to you, lets go take on the nazis. And you insisted it wasnt about nationalism or socialism you would just say these people are crazy. Well, i dont get to their ideaology and stop them. Hitler was crazy but a lot of people based their understanding of socialism. People in denmark are nazis are they . They were National Socialist and it was that combination that brought us the nazi world. Doesnt make every socialist a nazi. We have to find the people calling for our death, quoting the koran and say we are about islam. We cannot deny what they say. If you want to defeat them you have to know them. Host this is part of your control series. What is that . Guest we did a book on the Second Amendment then we did one on co