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#1363 The Social Contract

from 2019 by Listening to America with Clay Jenkinson

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"Average people have a voice, and often left important records that we have systematically ignored until very recently."

— Clay S. Jenkinson

President Thomas Jefferson speaks about the formation of the government of the United States. Jefferson explains the social contract theory that when you are alone, you are sovereign, and when you join with others you have to negotiate what is for the commonwealth, and negotiate what natural rights you get to keep after adjustment by the government.

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from 2019, track released November 5, 2019
jeffersonhour.com/blog/1363

youtu.be/vbnoSliuHmE

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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.
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