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i'm a huge john quincy adams fan. my dog's name is john quincy adams. love the man. he is so interesting when ask me who are your favorite presidents? i say, well, the best presidents, in my opinion, are washington, lincoln. but the most interesting men are theodore roosevelt and john quincy adams. but even i was susceptible to. the idea that his presidency was sort of the weak spot of his political service career. and it certainly flashy than, you know, his in congress, which he gets a lot of credit, especially fighting the gag rule or, you know, his secretary of state tenure, which i think is probably among the, best of all secretaries of states. so i definitely sort of added additional ammunition to my enjoyment of john quincy adams, my my real admiration for his public service career. but i generally thought that taft was kind of boring and thought that taft was had the mentality and had personality to be a justice that made sense and he actually got a fair amount of done, you know, in terms of the progressive agenda but doesn't get credit for it. but this book,
i'm a huge john quincy adams fan. my dog's name is john quincy adams. love the man. he is so interesting when ask me who are your favorite presidents? i say, well, the best presidents, in my opinion, are washington, lincoln. but the most interesting men are theodore roosevelt and john quincy adams. but even i was susceptible to. the idea that his presidency was sort of the weak spot of his political service career. and it certainly flashy than, you know, his in congress, which he gets a lot of...
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i'm a huge john quincy adams fan. my dog's name is john quincy adams. love the man. he is so interesting when ask me who are your favorite presidents? i say, well, the best presidents, in my opinion, are washington, lincoln. but the most interesting men are theodore roosevelt and john quincy adams. but even i was susceptible to. the idea that his presidency was sort of the weak spot of his political service career. and it certainly flashy than, you know, his in congress, which he gets a lot of credit, especially fighting the gag rule or, you know, his secretary of state tenure, which i think is probably among the, best of all secretaries of states. so i definitely sort of added additional ammunition to my enjoyment of john quincy adams, my my real admiration for his public service career. but i generally thought that taft was kind of boring and thought that taft was had the mentality and had personality to be a justice that made sense and he actually got a fair amount of done, you know, in terms of the progressive agenda but doesn't get credit for it. but this book,
i'm a huge john quincy adams fan. my dog's name is john quincy adams. love the man. he is so interesting when ask me who are your favorite presidents? i say, well, the best presidents, in my opinion, are washington, lincoln. but the most interesting men are theodore roosevelt and john quincy adams. but even i was susceptible to. the idea that his presidency was sort of the weak spot of his political service career. and it certainly flashy than, you know, his in congress, which he gets a lot of...
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ulysses middle of those two john quincy adams son, one of john quincy adams sons, and william howard taft, father, are in grant's administration. and so with three presidents, we get a that runs from the earliest days of the revolution right through the 1920s more over each of these presidents was witness to exercises of presidential authority by. so adams is in congress for the louisiana purchase and jefferson's embargo. adams, of course, writes nroe doctrine for james monroe. ulysses grant is a player notably in the civil war, but also a direct act fight between president andrew johnson and congress after the civil war. and taftt's secretary of war and right hand man and. it's important to remember that taft earlier on in his career is civilian governor of the there's a tendency to think of taft primarily as judge, but his work in the philippines suggests a deep experiencen executive authority that then translates into the presidency and to put this all together, i think the new understanding of what the state was doing gives us a host of issue areas to look for presidential power
ulysses middle of those two john quincy adams son, one of john quincy adams sons, and william howard taft, father, are in grant's administration. and so with three presidents, we get a that runs from the earliest days of the revolution right through the 1920s more over each of these presidents was witness to exercises of presidential authority by. so adams is in congress for the louisiana purchase and jefferson's embargo. adams, of course, writes nroe doctrine for james monroe. ulysses grant is...
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john quincy adams is secretary of state. and we are just about to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the signing of, the declaration of independence. and he recognizes the event by commissioning a copperplate engraving. so he'll hire william stone, who's here in washington, d.c. and william stone will take the next three years, copying declaration backwards into a copper plate. backwards, backwards. now, 200 copies are made and william stone asks for a copy for himself. so there are only 201 copies that exist now. they were given to john adams. they were given to thomas and also with mark lafayette. and the rest stayed here. what's interesting is that the original that declaration that we see today is so faded that you miss much of the detail. and so when you actually think of what is the declaration in our we're actually thinking of this print right here. and this is something john quincy adams as secretary of state said, let's do this. absolutely. now, this is a obviously a very beautiful room. i understand that it was one
john quincy adams is secretary of state. and we are just about to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the signing of, the declaration of independence. and he recognizes the event by commissioning a copperplate engraving. so he'll hire william stone, who's here in washington, d.c. and william stone will take the next three years, copying declaration backwards into a copper plate. backwards, backwards. now, 200 copies are made and william stone asks for a copy for himself. so there are only 201...
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you know, john quincy adams, you know, had no idea what he was gonna do next. and in a much lower station, he found a much higher calling as a abolitionist, you know, ex-president in the house of representatives. george w. bush never knew that he was gonna, you know, become so passionate about painting that it would, you know, he'd be a painter longer tn he was a politician. - john quincy adams, the son of john adams, the second president, is the only former president who went on to serve in the house of representatives. he served nine terms, almost two decades. explain the circumstances of adam's trajectory. - well, first of all, it's worth noting, so john quincy adams, who gets his first job appointed by george washington in his administration, dies in his ninth term in the house of representatives as an ex-president in 1848, serving alongside abraham lincoln, a freshman congressman from illinois. so talk about- - and he dies at his desk in capitol. - so the story of john adams is a story of somebody who had a great second act. he leaves office in 1829 after
you know, john quincy adams, you know, had no idea what he was gonna do next. and in a much lower station, he found a much higher calling as a abolitionist, you know, ex-president in the house of representatives. george w. bush never knew that he was gonna, you know, become so passionate about painting that it would, you know, he'd be a painter longer tn he was a politician. - john quincy adams, the son of john adams, the second president, is the only former president who went on to serve in...
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that was jefferson madison, monroe, john quincy adams, which is going to be a surprise when we hear what is mother abigail thought about slavery. andrew jackson, martin van buren, tyler polk and taylor. 12 presidents at some time in their lives, foreign slave workers, washington, jefferson, madison wrote. jackson. van buren. harrison. tyler polk. taylor johnson and grant and grant's probably a surprise that he married into a missouri slave owning family, and he was given some enslaved workers by his father in law that he worked side by side with them, and he did eventually give them their freedom at the white house. these enslaved workers performed a variety of jobs. they were chefs, gardeners, stable hands, maids, butlers, valets, ladies, ladies and. and did all sorts of other cleaning and other work around the white house. so we had this long history up until the lincolns of having a lot of enslaved workers in the white house itself. but things changed with first ladies, beginning with this with abigail adams, who had a very, very different opinion of slavery from her predecessor, mart
that was jefferson madison, monroe, john quincy adams, which is going to be a surprise when we hear what is mother abigail thought about slavery. andrew jackson, martin van buren, tyler polk and taylor. 12 presidents at some time in their lives, foreign slave workers, washington, jefferson, madison wrote. jackson. van buren. harrison. tyler polk. taylor johnson and grant and grant's probably a surprise that he married into a missouri slave owning family, and he was given some enslaved workers...
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you texted john quincy adams is extraordinary. and i felt the same thing as i was reading him, that he just built the virtuous life more inspiringly than any the others. i spent some time on that because. i, i know. and i can, you know, he writes at a pretty high level of enthusiasm, everything and everything that you do you do it at a high level of enthusiasm, which is a virtue, i think an earnest enthusiasm but in your john quincy adams sections, i was feeling your admiration for him. and i'm wondering, you know, how we always talk about even post hbo miniseries. we talk how john adams, the father, is is always thought of a little bit lesser or than thomas jefferson or george washington. and adams understood that in life. i almost feel like john quincy adams like yet another level that there a member of the or a of the founding generation who was really an person who we think about and talk about enough. but why don't you just give like a couple of minutes on how quint john quincy adams for you personified, you know a person rea
you texted john quincy adams is extraordinary. and i felt the same thing as i was reading him, that he just built the virtuous life more inspiringly than any the others. i spent some time on that because. i, i know. and i can, you know, he writes at a pretty high level of enthusiasm, everything and everything that you do you do it at a high level of enthusiasm, which is a virtue, i think an earnest enthusiasm but in your john quincy adams sections, i was feeling your admiration for him. and i'm...
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talk about jefferson being a slaveholder without talk about john adams or his son john quincy adams or what goes on through a brimley can and the eventual realization of our ideals, or at least the pursuit of the. that's american exceptionalism. those of the stories of our national history that we need to revive in this country. we've lost that sense of pride, that inner animal spirit you, young people today, on the young person, , well, talking about te next generation. i see my two sons and their generation. they are lost. they are hungry for purpose, direction, meaning, identity. at a point in our national history when the things they used to fill that void, faith in god, patriotism, hard work, family, these things have disappeared. and when you have a vacuum that runs that deep, that is when the poison fills the void. it almost doesn't matter what it is, wokeism, transgenderism, climate to some, covid-ism, zelensky. that's where it is, it's a religion. we obsess over that period is a sentence of the deeper void of purpose and meaning in our country. and my call to you all tonight i
talk about jefferson being a slaveholder without talk about john adams or his son john quincy adams or what goes on through a brimley can and the eventual realization of our ideals, or at least the pursuit of the. that's american exceptionalism. those of the stories of our national history that we need to revive in this country. we've lost that sense of pride, that inner animal spirit you, young people today, on the young person, , well, talking about te next generation. i see my two sons and...