Mr. Jefferson, nowhere do you mention deep sea fishing rights. Oh good God! Fishing...
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Joseph Hewes:
Mr. Jefferson, nowhere do you mention deep sea fishing rights.
[Everyone in Congress groans in frustration]
John Adams:
Oh good God! Fishing rights? How long is this piddling to go on? We have been here for three solid days! We have endured, by my count, more than eighty-five separate changes and the removal of close to four hundred words. Now, would you whip it and beat it 'til you break its spirit? I tell you, that document is a masterful expression of the American mind!
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Mr Jefferson
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Nowhere do you mention deep sea fishing rights
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Good god Fishing rights
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How long is this piddling to go on
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We have been here for three full days
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We have endured by my count 85 separate changes
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and the removal of close to 400 words
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Now would you whip it and beat it till you break its spirit
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I tell you that document is a masterful expression of the American mind
Clip duration: 36 seconds
Views: 396
Timestamp in movie: 02h 02m 47s
Uploaded: 05 December, 2022
Genres: drama, family, history
Summary: A musical retelling of the American Revolution's political struggle in the Continental Congress to declare independence.
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