What Would Thomas Jefferson Do? (2018), by Listening to America with Clay Jenkinson

What Would Thomas Jefferson Do? (2018)

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1.	Federal Agencies 04:59	lyrics
"I'm a little concerned to think that this, our happy republic, has a federal bureau of police." — Thomas Jefferson, as portrayed by Clay S. Jenkinson
2.	Funding Exploratory Expeditions 04:59	lyrics
"If there is other intelligent life in the universe, then it's in our interest to try to find that out." — Thomas Jefferson, as portrayed by Clay S. Jenkinson
3.	The Personal Lives of Presidents 04:59	info
4.	The Size of Federal Government 04:59	lyrics
"Your vote is your power to control your destiny." — Thomas Jefferson, as portrayed by Clay S. Jenkinson
5.	Confidence in the American Machine 04:59	info
6.	The Importance of Studying History 04:59	lyrics
"Human nature is a constant." — Thomas Jefferson, as portrayed by Clay S. Jenkinson
7.	Classified Information 04:59	lyrics
"I trust the people." — Thomas Jefferson, as portrayed by Clay S. Jenkinson
8.	State of the Union 04:59	lyrics
"Majesty is not one of the missions of a free people." — Thomas Jefferson, as portrayed by Clay S. Jenkinson
9.	Life, Liberty, Happiness, and Gun Rights 05:00	lyrics
"Life is the most important of our rights." — Thomas Jefferson, as portrayed by Clay S. Jenkinson
10.	Gerrymandering 05:00	lyrics
"In your time, because of your extraordinary capacity for demographics, you could create scientific congressional districts that would be more likely to be fair and honest than any system that could be devised by a group of politicians." — Thomas Jefferson, as portrayed by Clay S. Jenkinson
11.	Elbridge Gerry 05:00	lyrics
"There needs to be a fairness principle." — Thomas Jefferson, as portrayed by Clay S. Jenkinson
12.	Soil 04:59	lyrics
"When we have our hands in the soil, we are necessarily humble in the best possible meaning of that term." — Thomas Jefferson, as portrayed by Clay S. Jenkinson
13.	Twitter 04:59	lyrics
"It's hard to believe that a great nation can go about its important public business on 280 characters." — Thomas Jefferson, as portrayed by Clay S. Jenkinson
14.	Gardening in America 05:00	info
15.	March for Our Lives 05:00	lyrics
"Whenever this occurs, it's a good sign." — Thomas Jefferson, as portrayed by Clay S. Jenkinson
16.	Spirit of Discovery 05:00	lyrics
"Exploration was a very important factor in my life." — Thomas Jefferson, as portrayed by Clay S. Jenkinson
17.	Saving Seeds 05:00	lyrics
"We could buy seeds, but that's not really agriculture or even gardening." — Thomas Jefferson, as portrayed by Clay S. Jenkinson
18.	Partisanship 05:00	lyrics
"Politics came in like a snake in the garden of Eden to damage our American paradise." — Thomas Jefferson, as portrayed by Clay S. Jenkinson
19.	Destroying Correspondence 05:00	lyrics
"I had a very lively sense of privacy." — Thomas Jefferson, as portrayed by Clay S. Jenkinson
20.	Presidential Subpoenas 05:00	lyrics
"I'm glad that the executive branch has been allowed to be sovereign in its own duties." — Thomas Jefferson, as portrayed by Clay S. Jenkinson
21.	Domestic Dependent Sovereigns 05:00	lyrics
"The aboriginal inhabitants of these countries I have regarded with the commiseration their history inspires." — Thomas Jefferson, Second Inaugural Address
22.	Entangling Alliances with None 04:59	lyrics
"peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none" — Thomas Jefferson, First Inaugural Address
23.	Reading Habits 04:59	lyrics
"I cannot live without books" — Thomas Jefferson
24.	Government Investigations 05:00	lyrics
"Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute" — Robert Goodloe Harper
25.	Thomas Paine 04:59	info
26.	Declaration of Independence 04:59	lyrics
"I played a small role. I was just the penman of this thing" — Thomas Jefferson, as portrayed by Clay S. Jenkinson
27.	Supreme Court Appointments 04:59	lyrics
"It is not a great privilege to name a Supreme Court justice." — Thomas Jefferson, as portrayed by Clay S. Jenkinson
28.	Cartography 04:59	lyrics
"I made a special devotion to collecting all of the maps that I could." — Thomas Jefferson, as portrayed by Clay S. Jenkinson
29.	Defending America in the World Arena 04:59	lyrics
"The duty of the President of the United States is to be the principal articulator of America's values." — Clay S. Jenkinson portraying Thomas Jefferson
30.	A Test of a Free Society 05:00	lyrics
"I would never call the press the enemy to the people of the United States." — Clay S. Jenkinson portraying Thomas Jefferson
31.	Traveling West 04:59	lyrics
"I would have been able to produce an account of that tour — and I mean no self-aggrandizement in saying this, but just from the sheer discipline of writing every day at great length — would have been one of the classics of the literature of exploration." — Clay S. Jenkinson portraying Thomas Jefferson
32.	Enemy of the People 05:00	lyrics
"Whatever's wrong with the press, we must defend it, because the alternative is tyranny." — Clay S. Jenkinson portraying Thomas Jefferson
33.	Civil Discourse 05:00	lyrics
"I think the American people are overwhelmingly good and decent." — Clay S. Jenkinson portraying Thomas Jefferson
34.	How to Handle Partisan Division 05:00	lyrics
"I believe that each faction, each party, has a moral duty to reach over to the other and to try to find common ground, and that each party should take the lead in being civil and respectful and generous." — Clay S. Jenkinson portraying Thomas Jefferson
35.	Honoring John McCain 05:00	lyrics
"A statesman is one who always asks what is best for this country." — Clay S. Jenkinson portraying Thomas Jefferson
36.	Other Explorations of the West 05:00	lyrics
"Down in the southwest, two expeditions occurred during my presidency." — Clay S. Jenkinson portraying Thomas Jefferson
37.	Illuminati and Freemasons 05:00	lyrics
"They existed to promote an Enlightenment view of the world. They had no secret agenda to displace Popes, or to put certain despots on the crown, or remove them, or anything else." — Clay S. Jenkinson portraying Thomas Jefferson
38.	Setting Precedents 05:00	lyrics
"The Senate's role is to make sure that somebody wholly unfit for that office is not confirmed, especially for a life-tenured appointment." — Clay S. Jenkinson portraying Thomas Jefferson
39.	Natural-Born Citizen Clause 04:59	lyrics
"I don't think there's anything wrong with insisting upon a native-born American to serve as the president of the United States." — Clay S. Jenkinson portraying Thomas Jefferson
40.	Emancipation 04:59	lyrics
"I realized that this was so deeply rooted in the American social, economic, and political life, that it was going to take an extraordinary movement to rid ourselves of slavery." — Clay S. Jenkinson portraying Thomas Jefferson
41.	Ancient Rome's Influence 04:59	lyrics
"If you study this, you'll know what can go wrong, and maybe you'll be able to prevent it" — Clay S. Jenkinson portraying Thomas Jefferson
42.	Water 04:59	lyrics
"I would hope the states would handle that and the government of the United States would only serve as a referee." — Clay S. Jenkinson portraying Thomas Jefferson
43.	Voting 04:59	lyrics
"Everyone in that public place would know which candidate he voted for." — Clay S. Jenkinson portraying Thomas Jefferson
44.	Jamal Khashoggi 05:00	lyrics
"We need to protest firmly without any ambiguity whatsoever." — Clay S. Jenkinson portraying Thomas Jefferson
45.	Divided Government 05:00	lyrics
"Without checks and balances, you cannot maintain a republic." — Clay S. Jenkinson portraying Thomas Jefferson
46.	Thanksgiving 05:00	lyrics
"The national government of the United States is not entitled to intrude into the religious sensibilities of the people." — Clay S. Jenkinson portraying Thomas Jefferson
47.	Poplar Forest 05:00	lyrics
"All the rooms are octagonal or semi-octagonal, except the main dining room, which is a perfect cube." — Clay S. Jenkinson portraying Thomas Jefferson
48.	Aristocracy and Meritocracy 05:00	lyrics
"We strived for that. We may not have achieved that." — Clay S. Jenkinson portraying Thomas Jefferson
49.	Liberal Education 05:00	lyrics
"You can have all the information in the world, but it doesn't mean anything unless you have a mental matrix with which to absorb it, evaluate it, analyze it, begin to synthesize it. That's why we go to college." — Clay S. Jenkinson portraying Thomas Jefferson
50.	Edmond-Charles Genêt 04:59	lyrics
"We couldn't allow a French national to be here, stirring up anti-administration feeling in this country, or fitting out privateers in our wars." — Clay S. Jenkinson portraying Thomas Jefferson
51.	Christmas Celebrations 05:00	lyrics
"Happy holidays to all." — Clay S. Jenkinson portraying Thomas Jefferson

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released January 3, 2018

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Listening to America with Clay Jenkinson

The Thomas Jefferson Hour is a weekly radio program dedicated to the search for truth in the tradition of Thomas Jefferson.

Nationally acclaimed humanities scholar and award-winning first-person interpreter of Thomas Jefferson, Clay S. Jenkinson, portrays Jefferson on the program, and he answers listener questions while in the persona of our third president. ... more

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