John Marshall
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I have to take care of the social obligations I was talking to Ms.
James.
Oh, make sure you tell her hello from me.
If you look at the founding fathers, so-called the signers of the Declaration of Independence,
They were a very unusual group to be revolutionaries.
These were some of the wealthier men in America.
They had much more to lose than to gain by a notion of revolution.
By signing their names to the Declaration, they were committing treason.
And I think one of the things that unfortunately glossed over is these were not wild-eyed radicals.
I think I may have said this in class a few times.
Everything is a pendulum.
It kind of swings one way and the other.
Things get more progressive.
Things may get more conservative, back and forth.
It must be a struggle.
Power concedes nothing without a demand.