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Democracy is the most radical profound idea in the history of human civilization. [laughter] and its so radical and so profound that we have a hard time maintaining it. Thinking through its implications, constantly being grounded and returned to our conceptions of like freedom. And so leads to ways our democracy has gone bad through outsourcing it to lead and this book is about waying our democracy has gone bad by essentially putting subsection of our population under conditions that are not really free in the sort fundamental way that we want to be free is they relate in that way in materials of the specifics of this look, i mean, i grew u up in the bronx like my core identity [laughter] in the bronx in the 1980s. Which was which i would never trade for a million years in terms of what it meant to me in terms of the way that i think about race, politic, but it was really fought and city was dangerous and i thought about crime and politicianing and criminal justice through my life and ....
[applause] john thank you. Its an honor to be here. A great thing to be talking about George Washington. In itself it tells us a lot. Had you get interested in the project and why is the interest today. Imagine if the first Founding Fathers sat down with Alexander Hamilton in James Madison and wrote a memo to future generations, to us, specifically about the forces he feared. Rooted in the lessons of his life and understanding of history. He did. That is the farewell address. It was the philadelphia executive mansion on market six street. And he wrote it over years as the autobiography of his ideas. And it really was the sum total of his hardwon wisdom, john all the aspects of his life as a soldier, surveyor, father, statesman. Washington doesnt always get t ....
[applause] john thank you. Its an honor to be here. A great thing to be talking about George Washington. In itself it tells us a lot. Had you get interested in the project and why is the interest today. Imagine if the first Founding Fathers sat down with Alexander Hamilton in James Madison and wrote a memo to future generations, to us, specifically about the forces he feared. Rooted in the lessons of his life and understanding of history. He did. That is the farewell address. It was the philadelphia executive mansion on market six street. And he wrote it over years as the autobiography of his ideas. And it really was the sum total of his hardwon wisdom, john all the aspects of his life as a soldier, surveyor, father, statesman. Washington doesnt always get t ....
Signing following this program. So please join me today and welcoming my guess, john. [applause] john i am honored to be here. It is a great thing to talk about George Washington. [laughter] it tells us a lot. John, how did you get interested in the project, and why is it of interest today to think of washingtons farewell address . John imagine if George Alexander set out hamilton in james madison, and wrote a memo to future generations, to us, specifically about the forces he feared that could destroy our democratic republic . Wrote the word lessons of his life and understanding of history . He did not. That is the farewell address. He wrote it a block from here. He wrote it over a period of years as the autobiography of his ideas. And it really was the total of his hard wisdom, drawing on all the aspects of his life. As a soldier, a surveyor, farmer, a statesman, and w ....
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