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Joseph Hewes:
Your clock is fast, Mr. Adams. I say we're not yet ripe for independence. Stephen Hopkins:
Not ripe? Hell, we're rotting for want of it! Samuel Chase:
Gentlemen, please, what in God's name is the infernal hurry? Why must this question be settled now? Caesar Rodney:
What's wrong with now, Mr. Chase? Samuel Chase:
General Washington is in the field. If he's defeated, as it now appears, we'll be inviting the hangman. But if, by some miracle, he should actually win, we can then declare anything we damn please. Joseph Hewes:
The sentiments of North Carolina precisely. John Adams:
Has it ever occured to either of you that an army needs something to fight *for* in order *to* win? A goal, a purpose, a flag of its own?
Your clock is fast, Mr. Adams. I say we're not yet ripe for independence. Stephen Hopkins:
Not ripe? Hell, we're rotting for want of it! Samuel Chase:
Gentlemen, please, what in God's name is the infernal hurry? Why must this question be settled now? Caesar Rodney:
What's wrong with now, Mr. Chase? Samuel Chase:
General Washington is in the field. If he's defeated, as it now appears, we'll be inviting the hangman. But if, by some miracle, he should actually win, we can then declare anything we damn please. Joseph Hewes:
The sentiments of North Carolina precisely. John Adams:
Has it ever occured to either of you that an army needs something to fight *for* in order *to* win? A goal, a purpose, a flag of its own?
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Your clock is fast Mr Adams I say we're not yet ripe for independence
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Not ripe Hell we're rotting for want of it
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Gentlemen please what in god's name is the infernal hurry
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Why must this question be settled now
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What's wrong with now Mr chase
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General Washington is in the field
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If he's defeated as it now appears we'll be inviting the hangman
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But if by some miracle he should actually win
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we can then declare anything we damn please
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The sentiments of north Carolina precisely
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Has it ever occurred to either of you
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that an army needs something to fight for in order to win
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A purpose A goal A flag of its own
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Movie Summary
A musical retelling of the American Revolution's political struggle in the Continental Congress to declare independence.
Actors
John Adams
Caesar Rodney (de)
