#1454 Peaceful Transition

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🗓️ 3 August 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

This week, we're replaying a conversation from January 2018 about the peaceful transition of power in our American system of government. In this episode, Jefferson says that it's important to acknowledge that government power originates with the people, and not from any individual or party.

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0:00.0	Good day, Thomas Jefferson, our podcast listeners. As always, thank you so much for taking the time to
0:06.8	listen. This week, as most of you know, Clay Jenkinson is on the road. He's been on the road for
0:13.2	several weeks in Montana doing his annual Lewis and Clark tours. And I would be remiss if I didn't
0:20.9	say if you're interested, go to Jeffersonhour.com. You can find out all about those tours,
0:27.1	upcoming tours and his online courses. And you can also support the show there, which we very
0:32.8	much appreciate. But due to the fact that he is not here this week, we are re-broadcasting a show
0:39.6	from September of 2017 called Peaceful Transition, which I think is very appropriate and timely.
0:48.8	And we hope you enjoy it. We'll be back next week with another new show, a conversation with
0:53.7	Lindsay Chervinsky about Thomas Payne. But now, this week from September of 2017, Peaceful Transition.
1:03.8	Good day, citizens, and welcome to the Thomas Jefferson Hour, your weekly conversation with
1:09.9	President Thomas Jefferson. Mr. Jefferson is portrayed by the award-winning humanity scholar and author
1:16.1	and creator of the Thomas Jefferson Hour. Mr. Clay Jenkinson, I'm your host David Swenson and
1:21.3	seated across from me. I'm pleased to say, is President Thomas Jefferson. Good day to you, sir.
1:27.1	Good day to you, my dear citizen. And how are you on this fine day, sir? I am fine, sir.
1:32.0	Well, that's excellent. I'm glad to hear it. I know health is always an issue during your time.
1:37.4	Well, health was so precarious during my time. We didn't have any of the medical systems that
1:42.6	you take for granted. We barely understood the circulation of the blood. There were no
1:48.2	transplants of any sort. I remember when when Naby Abigail Adams daughter had breast cancer
1:56.8	and she had an operation, a mastectomy, to cut out the cancerous tissue and she had that without
2:05.1	anesthetic of any sort. She was she was held down and a knife or scalpel was used to cut
2:12.6	into her breast. That is such an unpleasant image, sir. Just to give you a sense of the barbarism
2:18.7	of the medicine of our time. There are accounts in Aubrey's lives. Aubrey was a contemporary
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