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2020 has shown us that our world has a lot of room for improvement, to say the least. But there\u2019s also a lot to be grateful for. We\u2019ve inherited an extraordinary constitutional system that has withstood the turmoil of 2020. This system\u2019s wise and prudent stewards \u2013 such as George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Frederick Douglass \u2013 demonstrated remarkable gratitude for the American project, even as they sought to reform it. They recognize the \u201cunbought grace of life,\u201d as Edmund Burke put it.

In today\u2019s Thanksgiving episode, Yuval Levin, director of AEI\u2019s Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies department and editor of National Affairs, sits down with Adam to discuss the role of gratitude in our political order, which was the subject of Yuval\u2019s 2013 Bradley Prize remarks.