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John Adams:
The Congress is waiting on you, Chase! America is waiting! The whole world is waiting! [taking a morsel of food] John Adams:
What's that, kidney? Samuel Chase:
[slapping his hand away]
Leave me alone, Mr. Adams! You're wasting your time. If I thought we could win this war, I'd be at the front of your ranks, but you must know it's impossible. You've heard General Washington's dispatches. His army has fallen to pieces. John Adams:
Washington is exaggerating the situation in order to arouse this torpid Congress into action. Why, as chairman of the war committee, I can state for a fact that the army has never been in better shape. Never have troops been more... cheerful. Never have soldiers been more resolute. Never have training and discipline been more spirited! [Washington's courier enters with a new message] John Adams:
Oh, good God
The Congress is waiting on you, Chase! America is waiting! The whole world is waiting! [taking a morsel of food] John Adams:
What's that, kidney? Samuel Chase:
[slapping his hand away]
Leave me alone, Mr. Adams! You're wasting your time. If I thought we could win this war, I'd be at the front of your ranks, but you must know it's impossible. You've heard General Washington's dispatches. His army has fallen to pieces. John Adams:
Washington is exaggerating the situation in order to arouse this torpid Congress into action. Why, as chairman of the war committee, I can state for a fact that the army has never been in better shape. Never have troops been more... cheerful. Never have soldiers been more resolute. Never have training and discipline been more spirited! [Washington's courier enters with a new message] John Adams:
Oh, good God
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AAAGH!
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THE CONGRESS IS
WAITING ON YOU, CHASE!
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AMERICA IS WAITING! THE
WHOLE WORLD IS WAITING!
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WHAT'S THAT? KIDNEY?
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LEAVE ME ALONE, MR. ADAMS!
YOU'RE WASTING YOUR TIME.
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IF I THOUGHT WE COULD WIN THIS WAR,
I'D BE AT THE FRONT OF YOUR RANKS,
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BUT YOU MUST
KNOW IT'S IMPOSSIBLE.
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YOU'VE HEARD GENERAL
WASHINGTON'S DISPATCHES.
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HIS ARMY HAS FALLEN TO PIECES.
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WASHINGTON IS
EXAGGERATING THE SITUATION...
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IN ORDER TO AROUSE THIS
TORPID CONGRESS INTO ACTION.
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WHY, AS CHAIRMAN OF THE WAR
COMMITTEE, I CAN STATE FOR A FACT...
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THAT THE ARMY HAS NEVER
BEEN IN BETTER SHAPE.
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NEVER HAVE TROOPS
BEEN MORE CHEERFUL.
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NEVER HAVE SOLDIERS
BEEN MORE RESOLUTE.
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NEVER HAVE TRAINING AND
DISCIPLINE BEEN MORE SPIRITED.
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OH, GOOD GOD.
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[Bell Ringing] MAY WE HAVE
YOUR EARS, GENTLEMEN?
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MR. THOMSON HAS A DISPATCH.
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FROM THE COMMANDER, ARMY OF
THE UNITED COLONIES IN NEW YORK,
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DISPATCH NUMBER 1,157,
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TO THE HONORABLE CONGRESS,
JOHN HANCOCK, PRESIDENT. "DEAR SIR,
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"IT IS WITH THE UTMOST DESPAIR
THAT I MUST REPORT TO YOU...
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"THE DISORDER AND CONFUSION
THAT REIGN IN EVERY DEPARTMENT.
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OH, SWEET JESUS!
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"THE CONTINENTAL SOLDIER
IS AS NOTHING EVER SEEN...
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"IN THIS OR ANY OTHER CENTURY.
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"HE IS A MISFIT,
IGNORANT OF HYGIENE,
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"DESTRUCTIVE, DISORDERLY AND
TOTALLY DISRESPECTFUL OF RANK.
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"ONLY THIS LAST IS
UNDERSTANDABLE...
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"AS THERE IS AN INCREDIBLE REEK
OF STUPIDITY AMONGST THE OFFICERS.
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"THE SITUATION IS
MOST DESPERATE...
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"AT THE NEW JERSEY TRAINING
GROUND IN NEW BRUNSWICK,
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"WHERE EVERY
ABLE-BODIED WHORE IN THE...
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WHORE?
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"IN THE COLONIES HAS ASSEMBLED.
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"THERE ARE CONSTANT REPORTS OF
DRUNKENNESS, DESERTION, FOUL LANGUAGE,
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"NAKED BATHING IN
THE RARITAN RIVER,
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"AND AN EPIDEMIC...
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"OF THE FRENCH DISEASE.
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"I HAVE PLACED THIS TOWN
OFF-LIMITS TO ALL MILITARY PERSONNEL,
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"WITH THE EXCEPTION OF OFFICERS.
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"I BESEECH THE CONGRESS TO DISPATCH
THE WAR COMMITTEE TO THIS PLACE,
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Movie Summary
A musical retelling of the American Revolution's political struggle in the Continental Congress to declare independence.
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John Adams
