The part assigned to me is to raise the flag which, if there be no fault in the machinery,...
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[Giving a speech at a dedication, Lincoln stands beside the flagpole, and with great ceremony takes off his hat, removes a piece of paper from inside and unfolds it, then puts on his glasses]
Abraham Lincoln:
[reading]
The part assigned to me is to raise the flag which, if there be no fault in the machinery, I will do. And, when up, it shall be for the people to keep it up.
[takes off his glasses and re-folds the paper]
Abraham Lincoln:
That's my speech.
[laughter]
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The part assigned to me is to raise the flag
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Which if there be no fault in the machinery I will do
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And when up
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it'll be for the people to keep it up
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That's my speech
Clip duration: 32 seconds
Views: 567
Timestamp in movie: 00h 13m 02s
Uploaded: 21 November, 2022
Genres: biography, drama, history
Summary: As the American Civil War continues to rage, America's president struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on the decision to emancipate the slaves.
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00:12 I haven't noticed you
00:42 Lincoln the capitulating compromiser
00:15 The kind that hates niggers
00:10 I don't hold with equality in all things
00:15 Seward can't do it
00:08 You are a democrat
00:22 Estimable colleagues
00:22 When the people disagree
00:30 I did say some colored men
00:24 I ought have done for Tad's sake
01:05 If we submit ourselves to law
01:01 Though I wanted to
00:52 And though it's imperceptible in the darkness
00:15 Do you need company
00:07 Deliver your own goddamn petition
00:16 I want to see Willie
00:11 It's not illegal to bribe congressmen
00:41 Anyone who thinks that doesn't understand
00:49 I can't make sense of it
00:27 When you were a slave