All right, gentlemen. Let's get on with it. Which of us will write our Declaration of...
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John Adams:
All right, gentlemen. Let's get on with it. Which of us will write our Declaration of Independence?
Dr. Benjamin Franklin:
[singing]
Mr. Adams, I say you should write it. To your legal mind and brilliance we defer.
John Adams:
Is that so? Well, if I'm the one to do it, they'll run their quill pens through it. I'm obnoxious and disliked, you know that, sir.
Dr. Benjamin Franklin:
Yes, I know.
John Adams:
But I say you should write it, Franklin. Yes, you.
Dr. Benjamin Franklin:
Hell no!
John Adams:
Yes, you, Dr. Franklin, you...
Dr. Benjamin Franklin:
But...
John Adams:
You...
Dr. Benjamin Franklin:
But...
John Adams:
You...
Dr. Benjamin Franklin:
But... Mr. Adams, but, Mr. Adams, the things I write are only light extemporania. I won't put politics on paper, it's a mania. So I refuse to use the pen in Pennsylvania.
Dr. Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Robert Livingston, Roger Sherman:
Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania. Refuse to use the pen!
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HE ALWAYS DOES.
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ALL RIGHT, GENTLEMEN,
LET'S GET ON WITH IT.
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WHICH OF US WILL WRITE OUR
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE?
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♪ MR. ADAMS I SAY
YOU SHOULD WRITE IT ♪
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♪ TO YOUR LEGAL MIND
AND BRILLIANCE WE DEFER ♪
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♪ IS THAT SO WELL, IF
I'M THE ONE TO DO IT ♪
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♪ THEY'LL RUN THEIR
QUILL PENS THROUGH IT ♪
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♪ I'M OBNOXIOUS AND
DISLIKED YOU KNOW THAT, SIR ♪
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YES, I KNOW. ♪ BUT I SAY YOU
SHOULD WRITE IT, FRANKLIN ♪
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♪ YES, YOU ♪
♪ HELL, NO ♪
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♪ YES, YOU DR. FRANKLIN, YOU ♪
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♪ BUT, BUT ♪
♪ YOU, YOU ♪
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♪ YOU ♪
♪ BUT ♪
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♪ MR. ADAMS BUT, MR. ADAMS ♪
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♪ THE THINGS I WRITE ARE
ONLY LIGHT EXTEMPORANEA ♪
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♪ I WON'T PUT POLITICS
ON PAPER IT'S A MANIA ♪
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♪ SO I REFUSE TO USE
THE PEN IN PENNSYLVANIA ♪
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♪ PENNSYLVANIA PENNSYLVANIA ♪
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♪ REFUSE TO USE THE PEN ♪
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♪ MR. SHERMAN I SAY
YOU SHOULD WRITE IT ♪
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♪ YOU ARE NEVER
CONTROVERSIAL AS IT WERE ♪
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THAT IS TRUE. ♪ WHEREAS
IF I'M THE ONE TO DO IT ♪
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♪ THEY'LL RUN THEIR
QUILL PENS THROUGH IT ♪
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♪ I'M OBNOXIOUS AND DISLIKED ♪
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♪ YOU KNOW THAT, SIR ♪
YES, I DO.
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♪ SO I SAY YOU SHOULD
WRITE IT, ROGER, YES, YOU ♪
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GOOD HEAVENS, NO. ♪ YES,
YOU ROGER SHERMAN, YOU ♪
Clip duration: 95 seconds
Views: 224
Timestamp in movie: 01h 01m 05s
Uploaded: 20 October, 2021
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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