00:00Look, on this tour, I'd like to end it by giving you a little word of inspiration.
00:04And to do that, I would walk you through Statuary Hall.
00:06It's one of my favorite places in the Capitol.
00:08And many of you have been there, you know,
00:10that in that beautiful room that was once the House chamber,
00:13there are brass plates on the floor that belong to people who served in Congress
00:16and then got elected president.
00:18Well, I would take you tonight to the brass plate of John Quincy Adams.
00:22I like to take everybody to that spot in Stat Hall.
00:26Why is that?
00:26He's the only person in the history of the United States
00:30who ran for the House after serving as president.
00:34Maybe our current president would do that.
00:36No, no, I don't.
00:48He's going to be too busy.
00:50Okay.
00:51But John Quincy Adams did that, and I want to tell you why,
00:53and I want to leave you with this word of inspiration.
00:55He ran for the House.
00:56No one's ever done it before or since.
00:58He ran for the House because he was a man on a mission.
01:00They called him the hellhound of slavery because he had a deep burning conviction
01:04in his heart with his Christian faith that that was wrong,
01:07that it violated the principles of the Declaration of Independence
01:10and the scripture that we all believe in.
01:12And John Quincy Adams brought the resolution over and over and over
01:14to end slavery in America.
01:16But sadly, the country wasn't ready for it yet.
01:18It was the mid-1800s.
01:20And on about the 14th failed attempt, as the story goes,
01:23he was bringing the resolution, and a younger member of Congress walked up to him.
01:26They said, Mr. President, respectfully, why are you bringing it?
01:29The resolution is going to fail.
01:31And he said, young man, listen to me.
01:33Duty is ours.
01:35Results are God's.
01:36Surality is ours.»
01:36not a unsolicited
01:36story. I'm sorry. I'm sorry,
01:36but I'm sorry.
01:37Now I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
01:37I'm sorry. Mon
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