#1288 Truth Matters

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Society & Culture, History

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🗓️ 29 May 2018

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

"I think that an ideal citizen is a bit grumpy, is always concerned that government is up to no good."

— Thomas Jefferson, Second Inaugural Address

We begin our conversation with President Thomas Jefferson asking about the actual location of his tombstone. We also discuss truthfulness, free speech, personal freedoms, upholding international agreements, and what Thomas Jefferson thinks about executive privilege and our current government.

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Thomas Jefferson is interpreted by Clay S. Jenkinson.

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0:00.0	Good day and welcome Thomas Jefferson, our podcast listeners. We're so glad you're here. Thank you for listening.
0:08.0	We love this program.
0:11.0	Well, I think we're going to get some...
0:15.0	Yeah, you started this.
0:16.3	You chose this topic about this and I knew that you...
0:20.4	You tell me one time in the history of this show that I have put words in your mouth.
0:25.8	No, you don't or Jeffersons.
0:27.4	No, you put words only in your own.
0:29.4	Yes. Well, I, you know, I did apologize for showing my opinion, but I was looking for some help for the president.
0:38.0	Well, look, I mean, I don't think that Jefferson can really help us because, I mean, look, does anyone...
0:42.0	You know, you said that a few weeks in a row now but
0:44.0	but David does anyone listening to this on our podcast edition of this does
0:47.3	anyone think that Thomas Jefferson would have been okay with Donald Trump is there a
0:51.2	single listener who thinks that Thomas Jefferson
0:55.0	would have been okay with Donald Trump? The answer is no.
0:58.0	It would have been a great opportunity to see him roll his eyes quietly, right?
1:02.0	There is no chance that Jefferson could approve of this man,
1:05.1	the bombast, the bullying, the brinksmanship,
1:08.7	the women, the, none of it, the speculation.
1:12.8	Jackson, he was offended by Jackson, and Jackson was like a Prince of Decoram compared to this.
1:20.6	Really?
1:21.6	Yes, I mean it seems to me that look either, if we just look at this in our own time and say, all right, the country
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