About this episode

Mike Bedenbaugh discusses the wisdom of George Washington's Farewell Address and its relevance to today's government.

Look around and see — today's government is a far cry from what Founding Fathers envisioned when they forged this great nation. Mike Bedenbaugh, Navy veteran and author, looked at George Washington's Farewell Address and found 40 points of wisdom America's first president offered on how to keep this republic intact — and then Bedenbaugh put the points together in a book entitled, "Reviving Our Republic."

People in this episode

Guest: Mike Bedenbaugh

Topics covered

• government
• Founding Fathers
• wisdom
• republic
• military
• history

Keywords

• government
• Founding Fathers
• George Washington
• Farewell Address
• republic
• wisdom
• military

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Washington Times

Books & works: Reviving Our Republic

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