What Made the American Revolution Unique, Part Two

Hillsdale Dialogues

Hillsdale College

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🗓️ 10 January 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Dr. Larry P. Arnn, President of Hillsdale College, and Khalil Habib, associate professor of Politics, join Hugh Hewitt on the Hillsdale Dialogues to complete a series on the differences between the American Revolution and other revolutions.

Release date: 10 January 2025

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0:00.0	Every week, Hillsdale College President Larry Arne joins Hugh Hewitt to discuss great books, great men, and great ideas.
0:13.7	This is Hillsdale Dialogues, part of the Hillsdale College Podcast Network. More episodes at
0:20.3	podcast.
0:21.6	Hillsdale.edu or wherever you find your audio.
0:34.6	Morning and glory, America.
0:36.0	Bonjour.
0:36.2	Hi, Canada.
0:37.2	I'm Hugh Hewitt.
0:37.9	This is the last AM edition of the Hiltdale Dialogue that you will hear because we're
0:41.6	moving to the PM beginning next week.
0:44.2	But I am happy to have Dr. Habib back with us, Dr. Arn, back with us because they are here
0:49.7	to set straight that which I made crooked in our first episode.
0:54.0	I got away from chronology,
0:55.7	which is always dangerous.
0:57.4	Dr. Abed, we're talking about the French Revolution and the American Revolution
1:00.7	and why the two went so very, very differently.
1:03.2	And we should have begun with Burke.
1:05.2	Why was Burke suspicious of what was going on in France,
1:08.4	even when there were some enthusiasts around him?
1:12.0	Burke thinks it's extremely dangerous for abstract ideas to find their way in the politics.
1:17.9	Burke was really a statesman who exercised extraordinary discernment and prudence.
1:22.9	He never wrote a work of political theory per se, and part of the reason why he does that is because
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