The Greatness of George Washington
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- Опубліковано 6 січ 2016
- Gordon Wood examines the virtues of George Washington that aided the Chief Commander of the Continental Army and first President of the United States to shape the young country. Wood highlights Washington’s concerns with his reputation-citing his letters to friends and fellow statesmen. Washington’s disinterest in power and awareness of his legacy shaped his moral leadership and role in defining the United States.
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He was expected to be a king like every victorious general before him
He chose to call himself President instead, by modern terms President/leader of the free world is a powerful term, because of those that INCREASED its power,
Washington however limited it, termed it, and miraculously most importantly, incredibly - gave it up.
That was not only his greatest feat, it was the greatest feat of any leader ever, to walk away setting the example for everyone to follow.
It was the death warrant to every established monarch in the world, to say this is how I am better than you, not by what I have, but by what I choose not to have.
The Monarchs in the world are decorations now, the elected government holds the power.
He was every American soldiers hero
He was every Presidents hero
And yet they will rip his statue down before long.
They all think that if they lived back then they would have been "woke"
"No grandpa I will not inherit your estate and wealth. It offends my sensibilities." -No one, ever
Our greatest American. No GW, no USA.
One of the greatest humans to ever live.
I encourage everyone to listen to the Q&A to the very end. This talk about Washington was wonderful to hear, but the very last question was, for me, the most interesting as the state of academia was addressed and problematized.
Thank you!
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This documentary is very excellent presentation of pure hagiography. Augustine Washington immigrated to the Colonies already a very wealthy merchant, but didn't have a Title so couldn't own land in England. There were HUGE taxes in England, and many Laws & Rules of Conduct, strictly enforced by 'The King & The Church'. And he was intent on making himself, and his heirs, VERY wealthy. Relocating to the Colonies, and doing your business here, in a 'Tax-Free Haven', meant MUCH MORE money, and land was dirt cheap here, and slaves MUCH cheaper than in England. George's Father became a VERY Wealthy Man, and George was, eventually, also VERY Wealthy, through both 'Inheritance & Marriage'. When The King starting imposing taxes on His Colonist's (He Owned the Colonies) they "Cried Foul" and demanded independence & declared War. He was a True American Aristocrat..!! A REAL Capitalist.
slaves in england ?
the Founding Fathers are one of the best political class of history...after the Senate of the mid Roman Republic
One cannot own human beings and all the atrocities slavery allows and be great at the same time.
I have read several writings of Washington that were direct prayers. He was often interrupted when in prayer. Really disappointing to hear that fallacy that he wasn't very religious... my studies have shown him to be incredibly faithful to the Lord.
This is has been demonstrably shown to be untrue by historians for decades. I’d be curious what prayers you think you read to the lord given that he went out of his way not to mention Jesus or any denomination
Do you suppose a man can both be a slave owner and be incredibly faithful to God.? Does one ask the Lord for forgiveness each night while praying devoutly, and rise each day to start it all new again, while you 'Bless your Slaves & Count your Money'..?? Did George have a few 'Slave Wives' too, like Thomas Jefferson and many Slave Owners..?? He married a very ugly, rich widow, 20 years older and never had children with her... Ummm, well maybe he did, maybe he didn't..?? He inherited slaves from 11 years old and owned 123 people when he died... and Martha freed his slaves after he dies, but dispersed her 150+ slaves to her 4 grandchildren from husband #1.
Not hard to find his prayers, one just need to look. I don't rely on revisionist history which is designed to feed us lies and control what we know. Knowledge is not a permission given, it's what you choose to seek. I seek full truth regardless of the story it tells.
Additionally, Washington nearly lost all his money taking care of his slaves. Both Jefferson and Washington lived in Virginia, had they just freed their slaves, the chance were, they would be gathered up and returned to slavery.
There is a LONG rich history that we have not been allowed to know that has buried the truth by one sided telling of slavery. The full truth is not and has not been told for over 150 years and it still exists for any to seek. The central government committed far more heinous crimes against ALL of America that needs to remain buried and hidden and they use slavery to hide it.
So this, what we've watched, is what we're ALLOWED to know. It's not the full truth. If we knew the whole truth, we would be focused on taking our authority back from this corrupt government. We wouldn't be willing puppets blindly believing the narratives spoon fed us by corrupt and sick people who seek our enslavement.
Grow some courage. Dig deeper and seek the truth. Don't be lazy and settle on the things that make you feel good, those are the worst deceptions.
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Ahh... About the "Slavery Thing"... Mr Wood doesn't share much about this rather uncomfortable Washington history. So, when his Father died, there were 6 boys, 2 girls, from his 2 wives, 84 slaves and several farms. George was #3 son, so he 'only' inherited one of the Family's Estates, called the 'Strother Property' and 10 slaves. He was only 11 then, so his Mother, Mary Ball, managed his property till he was an adult. George purchased at least 15 more slaves, and when his older brother Lawrence died w/o heirs, he got the huge Mt Vernon estate and more slaves, so now 84. Then he married Martha and she had 123 slaves to add to the Family Wealth. Eventually, George & Martha owned about 317 Slaves, some that escaped to their freedom. After George died on Dec 14 in 1799, in his Will, he requested that his slaves be allowed their freedom, after Martha died. Martha feared that his slaves would accelerate her passing, so she was allowed to emancipate George's 123 slaves, but not her own slaves, because she inherited them from her 1st husband, and that family still had rights to her property. She divided her slaves into 4 groups, of relatives, and dispersed them to her 4 grandchildren, for their ownership, before her death, May 22 in 1802. Those Facts and MUCH more truth, are from the mountvernon.org website... Always Remember, "Ignorance is Your Bliss" and only YOU can change yourself. DON'T STOP LEARNING..!! And for sake of our Founding Father's, PLEASE Vote and PLEASE choose FREEDOM over Tyranny..!!
you know if you would have been a fly on the wall during that time i think MAYBE you would be surprised about the relationship between slaves.. maybe they wanted to work for the washingtons? do you know otherwise ? don't bring your 21st century biases into the 1700s its not fair
George Washington Abraham Lincoln John f Kindny great genius personality internationally recognized political leader
GW was smart enough to still be our richest president. And we can debate the slavery issue but TJ had more but stayed broke. Adams never achieved GW’s success. GW was not a scholar but he was far, far above mediocrity or yokel colonialism.
Wrong about Adams.
Adams had much success in his life!
Don't just look at the Presidency. He also was the longest lived President till Ronald Reagan 😲
90 years old!
( and he did it without slaves to do his labor )
He was against Slavery!
Adams was a Revolutionary! A Patriot.!
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He's portraying G W like he was Jesus Christ.
No, he describes in detail how he failed more times then not. As he said he was not a God whereas Jesus was God incarnation. Can anyone today imagine being under such a microscope that his every move was under such scrutiny?
I've watched ten minutes and he has already said that Washington was not a great speaker, nor was he an intellectual...
I don't like lecturers where the speaker reads during his whole talk.
Then I'm sure you'll like Trump as president again because he is disinterested in reading from a script. I find the man more the intriguing because he never believed in the odds or money, but in the people.
@@joeshmoe3203 lmfao
Dumbest fucking shit I have ever heard
Goes for Neil too
@@joeshmoe3203 Yeah?
You must like Bernie then ...🙂
He wasn't that great. Look how he treated his slaves
He provided for his slaves and nearly went broke taking care of them. Try real history not the reconstructed garbage designed to make us believe he was something he wasn't.
With compassion
@@rbsingh7906 He didn't treat Ona Judge to well at all!
He chose well with somethings sometimes.
He wasn't religious at all.
But he was a Mason, to do that you have to believe in a supernatural creator.
He was the greatest American.
Well I hope you are at least consistent and would say that all Democrat politicians aren't great either because they support baby murder aka abortion.