for some, it is a house in a white neighborhood, for others, a hamburger at a lunch counter. but there is unanimity on the philosophy shaping the revolution's method. it did not originate with gandhi in india, but a recluse in the new england town of concord. in this rambling old house fashioned toward off cold, new england winters was born henry david thoreau. born in july 1870 in concord, massachusetts, a place already touched by history. the years would treat this house kindly, almost as if great full -- as if grateful for giving us this man. it still survives. walden pond was a short walk away and in this remote place haunted by winds and things that scurry about at night was born the idea of passive resistance. thoreau built a cabin here. you can find the site. it was 1845, but already, concord is too crowded read he needed a place to think. he came here. the thoughts he thought and the words he wrote would sound one day in india, in birmingham, richmond, virginia, the campus of the university of mississippi. his study was stark, so too his words. unjust laws exist. shal

they're eating hamburgers. i said, get them up here. we don't order food away. they came right up laughing. i remember being surrounded and seeing everybody off to the balls and how pretty they looked and what fun they were having. i mean, they were tearing2 all over the white house, those children. >> what about your last day? >> last day, our children left town. the local, dora and her family and marvin and his. they did not want to be around for that. but it was very moving. and saying good-bye to the white house staff was difficult. we never dreamt we'd be back. and it was hard. but life goes on. we got on the plane with all our friends and family and flew back home. and the welcome here was unbelievable. we passed a pick-up truck on the highway where there were two people standing on the back with the sign that said, welcome home george and barbara. that brought huge tears on my part. but they've been great to us ever since. >> you've been here in this house 20 years now in houston. >> and when we moved in, we lived two doors down in a great friend's house

a said there in the bowling alley ordering hamburgers. they came right up laughing. but i remember being surrounded and seeing everybody at the ball and how pretty they looked and what fun they were having. i mean they were all over the white house, those children. >> what about you lost? a >> last day, our children left town. -- they did not want to be around for that. it was very moving and saying goodbye to the white house staff was difficult. we never drunk we would be back. it was hard. but life goes on. we got on a plane with all our friends and family and flew back home. and the welcome here was unbelievable. we passed a pick up truck on the highway where there were two people standing on the back with a sign that said, welcome home george and barbara, and that brought huge tears on my part. they have been great to us ever. since >> you have been here in this house 20 years in houston. >> when we moved in, we lived two doors down in a great friends house that he was going to tear down and build a house. he built next door, next property -- it was his old house

case i don't see you before, why don't you come early wednesday at 6:00 and i'll see if a can burn a hamburger for you? did you see the sunset? a new picture every few minutes. >> and we see here a letter that's also not dated, but she writes to him, i will be here for a short time, so shall i see you? and she says at the end, ramble, ramble, must be the hour. yes, sir rick warns so. see you soon, pat. >> well, sir rick was a clock that president nixon gave to mrs. nixon when they were courting, and here she's a little cute and playful at the end. she says, sir rick has the nicest face, the clock face, i like him so very much. it's really a great story and a side of the nixons that the public doesn't really know too much and is really not familiar. so that's why these letters are such treasures. >> adrienne wilber asks on twitter, what religion was pat nixon, since president nixon was a quaker? >> well, she did convert to quakerism, but she never really practiced any religion, and actually, neither did richard, once they -- once he kind of outgrew his -- once he went to the military. i think h

case i don't see you before, why don't you come early wednesday at 6:00 and i'll see if i can burn a hamburger for you. did you see the sunset? a new picture every few minutes. we see here a letter that is also not dated. but she writes to him, i'll be here for a short time, so shall i see you? she said the end, ramble, ramble, must be the hour, yes, sir rick -- sir rick was a clock that president nixon gave to mrs. nixon when they were courting and here she -- she says, sir rick has the nicest face, the clock face, i like him so very much. it is a great story, and a sign of the nixons that the public doesn't really know too much and is really not familiar. so that's why these letters are such treasures. >> adrian asked on twitter what religion was pat nixon since president nixon was a quaker. >> she did convert to quakerism, but she never really practiced any religion. neither did richard once he -- once he kind of outgrew his -- he went to the military. he was a quaker, but wasn't really a practicing quaker. >> for the record, he proposed to her on the beach in san clemente, california, cons

writes, in case i don't see you, why don't you come over wednesday at six and i'll see if i can burn a hamburger for you. and here we see this is not dated. she wrote to him for a short time, shall i see you? there's some rambling. see you soon, pat. so requisite that president nixon gave to mrs. nixon when they were doing that, so there's the clock face, i like him very much, it's really a great story. the public it's really not that's why these letters are treasures. >> this is president nixon, a, quaker she did convert to quaker, is up but she never really practiced actually neither did richard once he outgrew with the military. these stands in california walking on the beach. >> i don't know that i had ever read anything about that in the biography. it's interests only important because it happened. later but i don't remember anything about where he proposed. . >> let's go to the phone call. neck and palm springs, you are on our callers tonight. what is on your mind? >> good evening, this is a wonderful program, thank you c-span for it. i have a comment and then a question, i'm a big admire

jia lynn: hamburgers, hot dogs come from germany. i wonder, in the history of civilization if there has been any country that has this unusual project where people come from all over and were constantly blending cultures together. which is very difficult to do. but we have carried it off and all kinds of ways but we do not give ourselves enough credit for it. host: if you have joined us late, we are talking to jia lynn book, "at her new mighty and irresistible tide." in 1950 two, what it did for asian naturalization, you have people trying to overturn the 1924 quotas 31952. 1952 renews the quotas. there is one group of people advocating for passage, that is japanese-americans. it is for the one portion of the law because the quotas were not good for them but it would allow those who are here to naturalize. it highlights there was a lack of coming together of groups to find a solution that would have benefited everybody. you see parallels to that, to air current political discourse on immigration policy? jia lynn: i do. there are kind