“I’m a mere orangutan. I like to live in a temperate place.”
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“I’m a mere orangutan. I like to live in a temperate place.”
Tune in to your local public radio or join the 1776 Club to hear this episode of What Would Thomas Jefferson Do?
We speak with President Thomas Jefferson (as portrayed by humanities scholar Clay S. Jenkinson) this week about public dissent and the powers of the presidency. Jefferson has a great deal to say about the right to dissent and to protest. He is famous for saying, “I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical.” In 1785, in his Notes of the State of Virginia, Jefferson wrote, ”The time to guard against corruption and tyranny, is before they shall have gotten hold of us. It is better to keep the wolf out of the fold, than to trust to drawing his teeth and talons after he shall have entered.”
"Our society should be a way of encouraging human possibility and human community."
— Clay S. Jenkinson portraying Thomas Jefferson
Prompted by a letter from a listener, President Thomas Jefferson shares his views on American exceptionalism and his hope that America will stand as a strong and good example for the rest of the world to follow.
"I'm a mere orangutan. I like to live in a temperate place."
— Clay S. Jenkinson portraying Thomas Jefferson
"They watched with some fascination, but also condescension, as we attempted to create an American republic."
— Clay S. Jenkinson portraying Thomas Jefferson