Thomas Ricks
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222 appearances
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 4 Jul
Thomas Ricks’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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I got some very good letters when I was at Congress during the war written by him.
And Pickering says, written by that young Alexander Hamilton boy.
He's a good writer.
Washington was very conscious of his lack of education, though, and brought in people like Hamilton to perform skills that he was conscious of being deficient in.
Hato very much is Washington's model.
Washington now is the misfortune to constantly have these models foisted on him.
Do you consider Cicero a genuine Stoic?
Yeah, like John Adams turns out to be kind of the Woody Allen of the American Revolution.
He's a big whiner.
Unlike the Stoics, he constantly wears his feelings on his sleeve.
There's a great line that the novelist and historian Charlotte had about Cicero, which applies to Adams as well, which is that he loved to talk about his country and he loved to talk about himself.
Unfortunately, he did both things equally as much.
I have a feeling that, you know, Cicero was very happy to see the conspiracy come down the pike.
It's a little bit like the glee which would mad us and greet Shade's Rebellion after...
the revolution during the Articles of Confederation era.
It's exactly what Madison needed to show that the current system isn't working, to blow the whistle and start beating the drum for the Constitutional Convention.
But Cicero very much is Adams' model.
And while I have some problems with Adams, I think his reputation has been inflated a lot lately.
It is amazing to me that young John Adams decides to become America's Cicero and succeeds.
There is.
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