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DISCUSSES JAMES MADISON'S ROLE IN FOUNDING DOCUMENTS AND INSTITUTIONS OF THE UNITED STATES. HIS TALK AT THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY IS AN HOUR AND...
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| 00:00:31 |
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MOST OVERLOOKED ELEMENTS OF JAMES MADISON'S CAREER. PERHAPS I SHOULD SAY THE MOST UNDEREMPHASIZED ELEMENTS OF JAMES MADISON'S CAREER. AND ONE REASON...
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| 00:08:36 |
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HOW IT WORKED IN PENNSYLVANIA THAT THERE WAS NO ESTABLISHED CHURCH. OF COURSE PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW JERSEY, BEING FOUNDED BY QUAKERS, NEVER DID HAVE...
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| 00:18:29 |
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SAYING THAT HE IS STILL COMPLAINING. HE IS JUST GOING TO DIE AT ANY MOMENT. HE WAS FINALLY RIGHT, OF COURSE. [LAUGHTER] [LAUGHTER] I GAVE AWAY THE END...
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| 00:54:05 |
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PLEASE. >> IS THAT ON? >> WHAT DID NOT OFFEND MY -- WHAT DID NOT HAVE BEEN LEARNED FROM WEATHERSPOON THAT MADE
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| 00:54:19 |
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HIM THINK DIFFERENTLY ABOUT THE BAPTIST FROM
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| 00:54:22 |
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THE OTHER VIRGINIA? >> IT WAS ABOUT THE BAPTIST SPECIFICALLY. IT IS THE IDEA OF RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION, THE FACT OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN NEW JERSEY
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| 00:54:35 |
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IN WHICH PEOPLE WERE PUNISHED FOR RELIGION. SO MADISON ANNEXED HERE AND AN ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THERE IS COMPLETE RELIGIOUS TOLERATION IS VERY SAD...
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| 00:55:30 |
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TIMES. BUT HIS HISTORICAL ETYMOLOGY OF THAT AS FAR AS TO THE CONTEXT OF FOUNDING FATHERS AND DIVERSITY OF THOUGHT AND WHAT WAS WRITTEN AS FAR AS HOW...
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| 00:55:58 |
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THERE IS AN ACTIVE UNIFORMITY DETECTED BY PARLIAMENT AT 16th CENTURY QUEEN ELIZABETH DECIDED SHE WAS NOT GOING TO ISSUE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF BISHOPS...
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| 00:58:01 |
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BREAKS, WHICH IS A FORM OF GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE AND IT SHOULD BE CHALLENGED ON CONSTITUTIONAL GROUNDS BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SECULAR, FREETHINKERS...
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| 00:59:36 |
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INFORMATION REGARDING THIS FAMILY BACKGROUND , LIKE HIS PARENTS
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| 00:59:40 |
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VERY RICH PEOPLE AND SO, DID HE PRACTICE ANY MEDICINE OR LAW AS A LAWYER? AND WHETHER HE HAD ANY INPUT IN THE DRAFTING OF THE INDEPENDENCE? PEANUT GALLERY....
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| 01:04:05 |
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AMERICAN ARMS. BUT IT WAS IN RETIREMENT HE SAID HE DIDN'T THINK THIS KIND OF THING SHOULD NEVER BE ISSUED. FOR EXAMPLE, ANNUAL DAYS OF THANKSGIVING...
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| 01:05:18 |
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WHY? >> WELL, WHEN HE WAS 25 HE WAS INVOLVED IN THE VIRGINIA CONVENTION ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION AND DECLARATION OF RIGHTS. I AM NOT SURE WHICH YOU ARE...
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| 01:05:29 |
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TO. I CAN'T THINK OF A PROPOSAL HE MADE IN THE CONVENTION THAT WAS REJECT IT. >> I MEANT THE IDEA. >> I CAN'T THINK OF
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| 01:05:47 |
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ONE. >> WHAT -- WHAT -- I MEAN, I'M SORRY,
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| 01:06:00 |
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MY BAD. HOW OLD WAS HE WHEN
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| 01:06:03 |
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HE WAS THE YOUNGEST PARTICIPANT? >> HE WAS 25 YEARS OLD WHEN HE WAS THE YOUNGEST MEMBER OF THE PARTICIPANT. HE WAS THE YOUNGEST MEMBER OF THE CONVENTION...
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| 01:06:17 |
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COURSE THE YOUNGEST MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE THAT DRAFTED THE DECLARATION OF RIGHTS IN THE CONSTITUTION. AS I SAID WHAT THEY WERE OF THE DECLARATION...
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| 01:06:49 |
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AFTER 9/11 IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION AND MANY PEOPLE FEEL THE CONSTITUTION IS BEING SHREDDED BY THE PETRI ATTACK AND OBAMA'S RECENT EXECUTIVE ORDER....
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| 01:07:21 |
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IN MAKING THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION ALL BELIEVED THAT CONSTITUTIONS GENERATE OVER TIME. EVEN IF THEY HAVE OPTIMAL CONSTITUTION EVENTUALLY IT WILL GENERATE...
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| 01:08:23 |
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SLAVES BELYING -- IS THAT THE MAIN REASON HE WENT TO NEW JERSEY SO HE WOULD HAVE TO EARNESTLY TO FUND THE SLAVES THAT WERE INHERITED? >> AND OUTCOME...
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| 01:08:42 |
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TO BE AVOIDED YET THIS IS A COMMON KIND OF IDEA AMONG DIVISION ELITE. RICHARD HENRY ELITE, PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE RATIFICATION...
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| 01:09:47 |
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ALSO, DID HE BELIEVE IN ABSOLUTE STATE RIGHTS IN SPITE OF WHAT HE SAID ABOUT CONGRESS? >> AND 30 WORDS OR FEWER? NOW, WE HAVE NO EVIDENCE THAT HE WAS...
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| 01:10:03 |
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AFTER 1800 AFTER WHAT HE SAID ABOUT CHRISTIANITY. WE KNOW HE ATTENDED CHRISTIAN CHURCH WHILE HE WAS PRESIDENT AND WE KNOW THAT APPARENTLY HE HAD BEEN...
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| 01:13:07 |
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HIS VIEWS IN THE VETO MESSAGE WAS NOT -- WHICH YOU CHARACTER THAT IS A CONVERSION OR NEARLY THE FACT ONCE THE CONSTITUTION IS RATIFIED AS WRITTEN...
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| 01:13:34 |
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HE FAVORS SOME CAME BEFORE IT WAS AGREED TO IN PHILADELPHIA, HE ALWAYS AFTER THAT CALLED FOR IT TO BE ENFORCED AT IT THEN EXPLAIN TO TO PEOPLE DURING...
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| 01:14:19 |
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THE THINKING -- MADISON THINKING THAT SEEMS MORE DISJOINTED ON THE MATTER OF RELIGION AND CONCISE. I WAS WHEN I COME IT DID IN FACT HAVE A CONCISE...
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| 01:14:42 |
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PROSCRIBING RELIGION. IT'S ABOUT NOT PRESCRIBING A PROSCRIBING RELIGION. IN OTHER WORDS, HIS CONCERN WAS THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE TELLING YOU AND POLITICIANS...
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| 01:16:22 |
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BUTTRESS HIS POSITION ON WHO COULD GO? TO BE THE POSITION? >> ON WHO COULD VOTE? VOTING
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| 01:16:30 |
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RIGHTS. >> WELL, I MENTIONED
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| 01:16:33 |
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AN ATTACK THAT IN THE VIRGINIA CONVENTION WHEN HE WAS 25 THAT THE COMMITTEE DRAFTED THE DECLARATION OF RIGHTS THAT
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| 01:16:43 |
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ALL MEN ARE BORN FREE AND EQUAL IN GOVERNMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR TAKING THEIR RIGHT. AND WHEN THE COMMITTEE REPORTED THAT THE FULL CONVENTION, ONE...
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| 01:18:56 |
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CATHOLIC PERSECUTION. THERE IS A RULE YOU HAVE TO BE AN EPISCOPALIAN TO ATTEND OXFORD OR CAMBRIDGE. THERE WERE OTHER DISABILITIES USE THE THIRD IF YOU'RE...
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| 01:21:08 |
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THE CONFEDERATE STATE -- CONFEDERACY OF STATES COULD ACTUALLY FORM DIFFERENT CONFEDERACIES WITHIN THAT. THERE WASN'T THIS PLEDGE TO UNION IS ONE OF...
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| 01:21:41 |
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GEORGE NICHOLAS AND GOVERNOR RANDOLPH OR TWO OF THE THREE
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| 01:21:43 |
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LEADING SPOKESMAN ALONG WITH MADISON IN THE VIRGINIA CONVENTION ARE GOING TO EXPLAIN THAT IF THIS GOVERNMENT ABUSES THE POWERS GIVING WE CAN RECLAIM...
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| 01:22:31 |
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YEARS AGO. >> CATHOLICS WERE PERSECUTED EVERYWHERE IN NORTH AMERICA EXCEPT AGAIN IN THE EARLIEST MARYLAND, IN NEW JERSEY,
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| 01:22:39 |
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PENNSYLVANIA AND RHODE ISLAND. >> HE ABOLISHED TO THAT. >> EVEN IN THE CIVIL WAR -- AFTER THE CIVIL WAR THE RELIGIOUS AND CONNECTICUT IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN....
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| 01:22:56 |
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| 01:22:57 |
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ONLY DARED. >> BEFORE YOU MADE THE CASE FOR THE PRESIDENCY, WHAT ACCOUNTS FOR THE FACT THAT THERE IS A RUPTURE IN HIS OWN PARTY
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| 01:23:12 |
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WHEN
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| 01:23:13 |
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JOHN RANDOLPH AND SPEAKER MAKE IN BRO QUIT THEN. WAS IT MORALITY OR POLITICS? >> THE BREAK WAS DURING THE JEFFERSON ADMINISTRATION IN THE ISSUE HAD...
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| 01:23:29 |
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QUIZ THAT ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE JEFFERSON ADMINISTRATION. BUT WHEN MADISON HAD TO PROVIDE FORMAL INTERPRETATIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION, HE ALWAYS...
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| 01:25:15 |
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ARE INVESTIGATING MADISON ANYWAYS. IS HE A CONSERVATIVE POPULIST AURA THAT SHOULD BE LIKE EXAM AND, LIKE, IN AN AGE OF POPULISM -- AS JUST CURIOUS...
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| 01:25:41 |
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WAY IN 1993. I WAS WRITING A BOOK ABOUT REVOLUTIONARY VIRGINIA AND WHAT I FOUND THEM AND WHAT I SOUND SENSE IN WRITING A COUPLE BOOKS ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION...
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| 01:26:33 |
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SEGMENT TALK, HE THOUGHT ONE REASON TO OPPOSE THE IDEA OF GENERAL ASSESSMENT WAS DELETED BECAUSE FROM VIRGINIA. THERE IS A COMPETITION TO SEE
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| 01:26:42 |
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WHICH COULD BE MOST WELCOMING AND ONE REASON YOU WANT A LIBERAL POLICY WE SEE WHAT PEOPLE COME FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES TO VIRGINIA. THE NEGATIVE EFFECT...
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| 01:27:42 |
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RIGHT TO SUCCEED. >> YEAH, I THINK HE GOT THAT FROM ME ACTUALLY. LAST NIGHT THAT'S TRUE, THEY DID SAY THEY COULD -- WELL, YES --
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| 01:27:52 |
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THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES. >> CAN YOU SAY A LITTLE ABOUT HIS FOREIGN PIRACY BECAUSE THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND PRESIDENT? >> WELL COME IN THE AREA
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| 01:28:16 |
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FOREIGN POLICY IS THE BIG FLAP WITH MADISON'S CAREER. MADISON BEGINNING IN THE MID-1780s WANTED TO EXPERIMENT
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| 01:28:23 |
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IN ECONOMIC COERCION INSTEAD OF MILITARY COERCION AND ULTIMATELY SECRETARY OF STATE PERSUADED JEFFERSON TO TRY THE EXPERIMENT TO BASICALLY DISBANDED...
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| 01:30:04 |
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AS CONTROLLING POLITICS OR WHATEVER. WOULD YOU SAY LIKE TEXAS IS ANOTHER STATE -- WOULD THERE BE ANY OTHER CENTERS? >> TEXAS BECAME A STATE IN 1845....
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| 01:30:27 |
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BEFORE. WHAT I
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| 01:30:28 |
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AM SAYING IS TO DESCRIBE, LIKE YOU SAID HE WAS A FATTER LIST. THE FEDERALISTS WAS LIKE THEY WERE JUST SEPARATED. THERE WAS THAT UNIFORMITY, WHICH YOU...
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| 01:31:10 |
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THAT'S A VERY CONFUSING WORD BECAUSE PEOPLE WHO FAVORED RATIFYING THE CONSTITUTION IN 1787 TO 90 COLLETON FEDERALISTS. IN 1792 THERE'S A POLITICAL PARTY...
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| 01:32:26 |
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SEEMED LIKE A STATE POLITICS. WASN'T LIKE THEY WERE LAKE BASED IN LIKE THE FRANCHI SAID TALKING ABOUT FRANCE WAS WHAT IT LOOKED THAT, LIKE THE FRENCH...
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| 01:33:16 |
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TALKING ABOUT -- I THINK
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| 01:33:20 |
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YOU TOUCHED ON PROPERTY RIGHT AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT LIKE POLITICS AND IDEOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHICAL POLITICS OR PHILOSOPHICAL POLITICS. I'M CURIOUS...
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| 01:33:51 |
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| 01:34:01 |
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THAT HAD HE ASKED INTERACTING WITH THE OTHER POPULATION IN ITS AREAS AND HE WAS GETTING POLITICAL IDEAS ARE A DEBTOR, HE MENTIONED IN YOUR ATTACHMENT...
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| 01:34:59 |
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ALL. A COUPLE PEOPLE ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT CATHOLICISM, BUT I DON'T THINK I SAID MUCH ABOUT IT. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO. ANY OTHER...
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