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Im robert dear. Im like to read from the opening paragraph. Put the spike of a drawing compass into a map of virginia at George Washingtons boyhood home. Stenthe other leaking the come pass that reaches out 60miles and draw a circle. Within it not only washington, but also Thomas Jefferson, james madison, and james monroe were been. Grew to manhood and mad their home. From this small expanse of land on the north American Continent came four over nations first five president s am dynasty whose members led in securing independence, greating the constitution creating the constitution and building the republic. What a great way to start a book. Ive spent most of last night reading it and its a wonderful chronicle of four major leaders and their network that tied them together at the founding of this country. It as ....
Madison and james monroe were born. Grew to manhood and made their own. From this small expansive lands on the north American Continent came four of the nations first five president s and a dynasty whose members lead in securing independence, saving the constitution and building the republic. What a great way to start a book and i have said most of last night reading it and its a wonderful chronicle of four major leaders and the interconnected network that ties them together at the founding of this country and its a story that invokes the historian bill calls the story of hope and perseverance that runs straight through the American Experience and doctor cheney is a longtime member of ai faculty and let me acknowledge how much we all appreciate the scholarship and intellectual contributions to aei, not to mention the service he done for our country. This is the lates ....
Im robert door. I would like to start this morning by reading from doctor cheneys opening paragraph draws into map of virginia, George Washingtons boyhood home and extend the lake of the compass so it reaches out 60 miles an dry circle. With it in it not only washington but thomas jefferson, James Madison and james monroe were born more and. From this small expanse of land on the north American Continent came four of the nation first five president s, the dynasty whose members secured independence, crated the constitution and building the republic. What a great way to start a book. I have spent most of last night reading it and its wonderful chronicle, for major leaders in the interconnected network that tied them together at the founding of the country, a story that evokes the spirit of hope and perseverance that ....
Hate. [laughter] it is a little daunting. Trace the arc. Im going to do a historian thing and think generally. I guess i would say if yo they e looking at american politics from the beginning, we could even go past the civil war, we are talking about paradoxes and conflict and improv. The periods but i tend to focus on more at that part, its the improvisational nature of that fascinates me more than anything else. Its because the nation was founded in the world of monarc monarchy. What that means wasnt so clear at the moment. There is a lot of improv in those early decades about what the nation is, how it functions, the tone of the f government, hp a nationon is going to stand out among the nations of the world. What does it mean to be in a world of monarchies and was the nation going to get any degree of respect and equally and if not more significant as far as the inside of the nation is concerned, what kind of nation is tha it going to be and that s true on every level you could s a ....