H.W. Brands
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313 appearances
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first heard May 2026
last heard 12 May
H.W. Brands’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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But the presidency back in Washington's day, when he became the first president, it was no big deal.
The United States had had presidents before Washington, but nobody's ever heard of them because the presidents under the Articles of Confederation in the Congress were almost irrelevant.
They were simply presiding officers over the Congress.
So this new president, it was a new thing.
But Washington, even if it had been a bigger deal, Washington himself had no attraction to political power.
He, what he really wanted to do is get back to Mount Vernon and go back to his farm.
Oh, there would have been Washington without Hamilton because if it hadn't been Hamilton, it would have been somebody else.
Washington was a powerful figure and people were drawn to him because he had power.
Hamilton was one, but there were others.
And R.K.D.
Lafayette was another one and who came from a very different background than Hamilton.
I think, I mean, you identify this very important relationship.
And you're absolutely right.
Hamilton was the striver.
Hamilton was the one who came from nothing.
He had intelligence.
He had ambition.
But he had no springboard.
He had no start.
And so everything he got, he had to win for himself.
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