Introductory Remarks - James Madison: Philosopher & Practitioner of Liberal Democracy

Charles Kesler presents opening remarks of a symposium sponsored by the Library of Congress in cooperation with the James Madison Commemoration Commission to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the birth of James Madison, fourth president of the United States.
Speaker Biography: Charles R. Kesler is professor of government/political science at Claremont McKenna College and Claremont Graduate University. He holds a Ph.D in government from Harvard University, from which he received his AB degree in 1978. He is editor of the Claremont Review of Books, and the author of "Keeping the Tablets: Readings in American Conservatism." He was director of the Henry Salvatori Center for the Study of Individual Freedom in the Modern World and Claremont Institute's Publius Fellows Program. At Claremont, he is a senior fellow of the Claremont Institute, and directs their Publius Fellows Program, a summer institute. Additionally, he is the editor of the "Claremont Review of Books," a quarterly political magazine. He was the director of Henry Salvatori Center at Claremont McKenna College.
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