One Thought Scares Me...: We Teach Our Children What We Wish Them to Know; We Don't Teach Our Children What We Don't Wish Them to Know Cover
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One Thought Scares Me... We Teach Our Children What We Wish Them to Know; We Don't Teach Our Children What We Don't Wish Them to Know

Richard Dreyfuss

We’ve Our democratic republic is failing, and it shouldn’t be a surprise. We can’t fly a plane without training; we can’t practice medicine without attending medical school. And yet we expect the American people to wield the full power of their citizenship, the product of the most revolutionary gov...

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The Megyn Kelly Show

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The Megyn Kelly Show

Richard Dreyfuss mentioned that he wrote this book over six years and it touches on how America has become foolish and its people unanchored due to a lack of teaching the Constitution.

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I have just finished a book. It's taken me six years to write and four years spent at Oxford.

— Episode: What Will Smith's Slap Says About Americ...

Episode: What Will Smith's Slap Says About America, and Dan...

Richard Dreyfuss mentioned that he wrote this book over six years and it touches on how America has become foolish and its people unanchored due to a lack of teaching the Constitution.

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I have just finished a book. It's taken me six years to write and four years spent at Oxford.

I am going to do introduce this on any show that Megyn Kelly is on.

I want you to read my book. And I think that and if you like it, and I don't think there's an if involved. This book is called one thought scares me.

And it's about the fact that we are like the stupid jerks that we have become. We destroyed our, our audience, we have, we're not anchored to anything.

We are not anchored to anything except greed, and money.

The Rubin Report

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The Rubin Report

Richard Dreyfuss discussed his book, touching on political partisanship and its dangers, particularly in the context of his upbringing in a politically active family. He reflected on his experiences and observations about American politics throughout the years.

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I'm Dave Rubin and joining me today is an Academy Award winning actor, author of One Thought Scares Me, We Teach Our Children What We Wish Them To Know, We Don't Teach Our Children What We Don't Wish...

— Episode: Growing Up with Communists & America’s F...

Episode: Growing Up with Communists & America’s Final Stage...

Richard Dreyfuss discussed his book, touching on political partisanship and its dangers, particularly in the context of his upbringing in a politically active family. He reflected on his experiences and observations about American politics throughout the years.

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I'm Dave Rubin and joining me today is an Academy Award winning actor, author of One Thought Scares Me, We Teach Our Children What We Wish Them To Know, We Don't Teach Our Children What We Don't Wish Them To Know, and a guy with a lot of moxie, Richard Dreyfuss.

But can you give me a little bit of a bio because that'll kind of connect us to the book because you have a sort of interesting childhood related to politics in terms of where you're at now.

And I think that there's more books that come out recently that are written by conservatives who call liberals traitors. Basically traitors. And that's crazy. And liberals who do the same thing about conservatives are nuts. And they should control themselves.

I have found that there's a whole series of books by Howard Fast and others who I've wanted to turn into films. And I've been told, no, no, that's agitprop. That was communist agitprop. Are you crazy?

And if you tell the truth about the Bill of Rights, why is the Bill of Rights called the Bill of Rights? Why is it in the Constitution in a way that none of the other amendments are? And there's a reason.

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