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John Adams:
Mr. President, I move for a postponement. John Dickinson:
Postponement? Ha! I wish you the same luck I had with it. Dr. Benjamin Franklin:
Mr. Adams is right. We need a postponement. John Dickinson:
On what grounds? Dr. Benjamin Franklin:
[to Adams]
On what grounds?
Mr. President, I move for a postponement. John Dickinson:
Postponement? Ha! I wish you the same luck I had with it. Dr. Benjamin Franklin:
Mr. Adams is right. We need a postponement. John Dickinson:
On what grounds? Dr. Benjamin Franklin:
[to Adams]
On what grounds?
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MUST BE UNANIMOUS.
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- WHAT?
- I SECOND THE MOTION.
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- JUDGE WILSON!
- OH, MY GOD.
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DELAWARE SECONDS, MR. PRESIDENT.
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NO VOTE HAS EVER HAD TO BE
UNANIMOUS, DICKINSON, AND YOU KNOW IT.
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YES, BUT THIS ONE MUST
BE. ON WHAT GROUNDS?
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THAT NO COLONY BE TORN FROM ITS
MOTHER COUNTRY WITHOUT ITS OWN CONSENT.
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HEAR! HEAR! BUT IT WILL
NEVER BE UNANIMOUS, DAMN IT.
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IF YOU SAY SO, MR. ADAMS.
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[Thomson] IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED THAT THE VOTE ON INDEPENDENCE...
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Movie Summary
A musical retelling of the American Revolution's political struggle in the Continental Congress to declare independence.
