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John Adams:
Mark me, Franklin, if we give in on this issue, posterity will never forgive us. Dr. Benjamin Franklin:
That's probably true, but we won't hear a thing, we'll be long gone. Besides, what will posterity think we were, demigods? We're men, no more, no less, trying to get a nation started against greater odds than a more generous god would have allowed. First things first, John, independence. America. If we don't secure that, what difference will the rest make? John Adams:
Jefferson, say something. Thomas Jefferson:
What else is there to do?
Mark me, Franklin, if we give in on this issue, posterity will never forgive us. Dr. Benjamin Franklin:
That's probably true, but we won't hear a thing, we'll be long gone. Besides, what will posterity think we were, demigods? We're men, no more, no less, trying to get a nation started against greater odds than a more generous god would have allowed. First things first, John, independence. America. If we don't secure that, what difference will the rest make? John Adams:
Jefferson, say something. Thomas Jefferson:
What else is there to do?
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Mark me Franklin
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if we give in on this issue
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posterity will never forgive us
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That's probably true but we won't hear a thing
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We'll be long gone
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Besides what will posterity think we were Demigods
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We're men no more no less
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trying to get a nation started against greater odds
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than a more generous god would have allowed
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First things first John Independence America
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If we don't secure that
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what difference will the rest make
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Jefferson say something
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What else is there to do
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Movie Summary
A musical retelling of the American Revolution's political struggle in the Continental Congress to declare independence.
