This along with these Television Companies support c span2 as a public service. At the end of his extraordinary conversation, Salman Rushdie challenged us to defend the First Amendment principle we must protect the thought we hate as Justice Owens called it and in americas speech can only be banned if it is intended to and likely to cause imminent violence and thats the principle that comes from the brandenburg case articulated by brandeis and whitney. It makes america the most speech protected country in the whole world. And on the first panel we will explore the history of that idea with three of americas greatest historians of freedom of speech. I am so excited for the conversation. We have the future of free speech project and we have steve solomon from nyu and i want to jump right in and first say that your book, free speech, history from socrates to social media, i think is the clearest and best history of the evolution of the idea that i have read. I want to begin by asking you
Obscurity. Which seems strange knowing his name is on the marquis of the broadway show. I thought he was far and away the most dramatic story of the founding fathers. He was the only one not born in the original 13 colonies, the story of a penniless, orphaned, immigrant kid who comes out of nowhere and sets the world on fire and his achievements were monumental. Charlie before his achievements he came out of nowhere, where is nowhere . He spent his adolescence on st. Croix and he had this ghastly, dickensian childhood. His father left at 11, his mother died when he was 13 and he was farmed out to a first cousin who committed suicide a year later and he was working as an impoverished clerk in st. Croix when the hurricane hit the island. He published a description of it in the local paper that was brilliant. They realized they had a prodigy among the pentagon the collection to go to north america. He came to north america and did not know a soul. He came with a few letters of introductio
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The government of the peoples republic of china. I am so glad this delegation could come here to the United States and enjoy some of our hospitality, just as we enjoyed that in their country. I do appreciate them taking such good care of the pandas on the long trip and after they arrived at their new home. Zoo, theye national will be enjoyed by the millions of people who come from across the country to visit the Nations Capital each year. We too want to express appreciation for all of the hospitality that you have given us in your country, and we wish all your people well. And thank you very much for this the pandas, album, and for this beautiful picture, and best of all, for the gift of the pandas which all children whatever age will enjoy. And i include myself in that category. I noticed dr. Ripley is wearing a panda tie, and i have my panda pin on. Pandamonium is going to break out right here at the zoo. Thank you very much. [applause] next on American History tv, benjamin carp exam
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