Obama, Machiavelli, and the Bible - Part 1

In this episode, Dr. Mangalwadi tells the surprisingly little-known story of how the Bible's exposition by the French Protestants of the 16th century was the greatest influence on the American political system. It is why America has a president, not a king.

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[APSOC38]

Vishal, have you ever read *A Defence of Liberty Against Tyrants* by Hubert Languet? It's very hard to find in print form, but the entire text can be found on the Internet.

BTW, I highly appreciate this video. There were some things that I had not considered before watching this.

[VishalMangalwadi]

I found a copy in Cambridge and photocopied it. The book was published psuedonymously. Some scholars say that the real author was Mornay - please say my blog.

[bollywoodCH1979]

Very wise analysis.

[VishalMangalwadi]

Thank you. Due to the need for brevity, I did not say in the video that the Roman Catholic Church had banned Machiavelli's book "The Prince". His political thought was secular, not Christian.

[killakadafi77]

Machiaveli wrote those books for Tupac

[golden454]

Machiaelli himself was not Machiavellian...

[Liquifye]

Thank you

[jevonwolf13]

them. that is whe things began to go downhill. so it wasnt always bad( besides the fact that he thought he was a god) for kings to be in charge, it just depended on the character who is put into that place of power

[jevonwolf13]

im not trying to imply anything, but even though Alexander the Great was a tyrant, he brought peace to all the lands he owned..there was peace all until he became ill and died and since he never named an heir, his generals fought between each oher until the top generals came out on top and they divided the land between the three of .

[rextopher]

you are so full of shit dude.

[CorpusChristi83]

sexist-ful?

[ruthmangalwadi]

Thank you Dean. After four months, I am now in "my" home. So I hope to be checking these sites and responding to comments. I hope to be making more videos as finances permit and help comes along.

[DeanCo7777]

Vishal, you are one of my heroes. Thanks for coming to America. I pray people will listen to you and take your counsel to heart.