American Ideals: Founding a "Republic of Virtue" Course No. 4855 [Audio CD]

Daniel N. Robinson (Narrator)

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Publication Date: 2007

12 lectures, 30 minutes/lecture Taught by Daniel N. Robinson Philosophy Faculty, Oxford University; Distinguished Professor, Emeritus, Georgetown University Ph.D., City University of New York "I have read Thucydides, and have studied and admired the master statesmen of the world-that for solidity and reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of different circumstances, no nation or body of men can stand in preference to the general congress at Philadelphia. I trust it is obvious to your lordships, that all attempts to impose servitude on such men, to establish despotism over such a mighty continental nation-must be vain-must be futile." -William Pitt, former Prime Minister of Great Britain, in the House of Lords, December 20, 1775 "As the British Constitution is the most subtle organism which has proceeded from the womb and long gestation of progressive history, so the American Constitution is, so far as I can see, the most wonderful work ever struck off at a given time by the brain and purpose of man." -William Gladstone, British Prime Minister, writing in the North American Review, 1878 The Gold Standard The Constitution of the United States remains the "gold standard" as nations proceed to invent themselves, refine themselves, and render themselves fit for the allegiance of the people. For those fortunate to live under a rule of law respectful of the dignity of the person, there is such a feeling of familiarity and naturalness that little attention is paid to the monumental nature of the "invention"-and, therefore, the monumental effort required to preserve it.

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• Audio CD
• Publisher: The Teaching Company (2007)
• ASIN: B000W5ECUC
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