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Caesar Rodney:
[a brawl has broken out]
Stop it! Stop it! This is the Congress! Stop it I say! The enemy's out there! John Dickinson:
No, Mr Rodney, the enemy is here! Caesar Rodney:
No! I say he's out there! England! England closing in, cutting off our air! There's no time! [suddenly very weak] Caesar Rodney:
No air
[a brawl has broken out]
Stop it! Stop it! This is the Congress! Stop it I say! The enemy's out there! John Dickinson:
No, Mr Rodney, the enemy is here! Caesar Rodney:
No! I say he's out there! England! England closing in, cutting off our air! There's no time! [suddenly very weak] Caesar Rodney:
No air
Full Transcript
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[Thomson] "MY QUARTERMASTER HAS
NO FOOD, NO ARMS, NO AMMUNITION,
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"AND MY TROOPS ARE IN
A STATE OF NEAR MUTINY.
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I PRAY GOD SOME RELIEF ARRIVES
BEFORE THE ARMADA, BUT FEAR IT WILL NOT."
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[Dickinson] AND WHEN
THEY HANG YOU, MR. ADAMS,
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I DO HOPE YOU'LL PUT IN A
GOOD WORD FOR THE REST OF US.
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[Rodney] ENGLAND CLOSING IN,
CUTTING OFF OUR AIR. THERE'S NO TIME!
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[Jefferson] PLACE BEFORE MANKIND
THE COMMON SENSE OF THE SUBJECTS.
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[Franklin] THE ISSUE
HERE IS INDEPENDENCE.
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PERHAPS YOU'VE LOST SIGHT
OF THAT FACT, BUT I HAVE NOT.
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[Thomson] "WE MUTUALLY
PLEDGE TO EACH OTHER OUR LIVES,
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OUR FORTUNES AND
OUR SACRED HONOR."
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Movie Summary
A musical retelling of the American Revolution's political struggle in the Continental Congress to declare independence.
