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In 1987 the Manhattan Institute initiated a lecture series
in honor of Walter B. Wriston, banker, author, government
advisor, and member of the Manhattan Institute’s Board of
Trustees. The Wriston Lecture has since been presented annually
in New York City with honorees drawn from the worlds of government,
the academy, religion, business, and the arts. In establishing
the Lecture, the Trustees of the Manhattan Institute—who serve
as the selection committee—have sought to inform and enrich
intellectual debate surrounding the great public issues of
our day, and to recognize individuals whose ideas or accomplishments
have left a mark on their world.
The Manhattan Institute's annual Walter B. Wriston Lecture is hosted in honor of our President's Circle, Chairman's Circle, and Trustees' Circle members to thank them for their generosity.
2012 | The One Hoss Shay
David Mamet
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2011 | Civilization: When East Beats West
Niall Ferguson
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2010 | Let Judges Be Judges
The Honorable Samuel A. Alito, Jr.
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2009 | Decline Is a Choice
Dr. Charles Krauthammer
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2008 | Judging in a Government by Consent
The Honorable Clarence Thomas
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2007 | Keeping Life Human: Science, Religion, and the Soul
Leon R. Kass
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2006 |
Europe and America: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
George Weigel
2005 |
What Colleges Forget to Teach
Robert P. George
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2004 |
Western Warfare in the Postmodern Age
Victor Davis Hanson
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2003 |
The Slow Undoing: What is at Stake in the Assault on Nationality
George F. Will
2002 |
A Balance of Power That Favors Freedom
Dr. Condoleezza Rice
2001 |
The New Double Consciousness: Prospectives for the New Black Ideology
John H. McWhorter
2000 |
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
Norman Podhoretz
1999 |
Political Principles of the Telecosm
George Gilder
1998 |
Equality and Justice versus Freedom
Thomas Sowell
1997 |
On Interpreting the Constitution
The Honorable Antonin Scalia
1996 |
The Czech Republic and Europe at the Turn of the Century
His Excellency Vaclav Klaus
1995 |
The Culture Wars In Perspective
Irving Kristol
1994 |
From Welfare Reform To Character Development
James Q. Wilson
1993 |
America’s Cities: Can We Save Them?
The Honorable Edward G. Rendell
1992 |
Where the Hope Is
The Reverend Johnny Ray Youngblood
1991 |
Why Government Is the Problem
Milton Friedman
1990 |
Our Universal Civilization
Sir V. S. Naipaul
1989 |
The Publishing Revolution: A View from the Inside
Rupert Murdoch
1988 |
Fact and Fiction in the New York of the Eighties
Tom Wolfe
1987 |
The Technological Vision
Carver A. Mead
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