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This was the leading moral crisis of your lifetime and mine
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Mighty Ira

This was the leading moralcrisis of your lifetime and mine -and you came up short,didn't...

This was the leading moral
crisis of your lifetime and mine -and you came up short,
didn't you?
-[Bill] [inaudible] [Ira] You came up short

Full Transcript

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This was the leading moral crisis of your lifetime and mine
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-and you came up short, didn't you? -[Bill] [inaudible]
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[Ira] You came up short.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:59:12
Uploaded
May 26, 2025
Genres
documentary
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Movie Summary

Ira is one of America's unsung champions of civil rights and liberties. As his generation retires from the barricades, Ira reminisces on his life at the forefront of defending the rights of all Americans.
-I really am. -I hope you don't suggest that - Mighty Ira 00:13
-I really am. -I hope you don't suggest that
[interviewer 2] Asking you what your impression of - Mighty Ira 00:07
[interviewer 2] Asking you what your impression of
[soft music playing] - Mighty Ira 00:16
[soft music playing]
[crowd gasp] - Mighty Ira 00:11
[crowd gasp]
Bill was interested in a great, great many things, - Mighty Ira 00:07
Bill was interested in a great, great many things,
[Bill] It was a few years ago that I first sailed across the Atlantic on Cyrano, - Mighty Ira 00:06
[Bill] It was a few years ago that I first sailed across the...
Bill had lived a long full life and had never been to a ball game. - Mighty Ira 00:04
Bill had lived a long full life and had never been to a ball...
Ira sort of insisted and further he insisted that Bill take the subway. - Mighty Ira 00:06
Ira sort of insisted and further he insisted that Bill take ...
[man 20] Next thing you know, he'll be hanging out with the head of the ACLU. - Mighty Ira 00:05
[man 20] Next thing you know, he'll be hanging out with...
By the way, that's Ira Glasser, the head of the ACLU. - Mighty Ira 00:05
By the way, that's Ira Glasser, the head of the ACLU.
Taking Buckley to a baseball game was Ira's way - Mighty Ira 00:09
Taking Buckley to a baseball game was Ira's way
[man 20] Bill Buckley who works in New York hasn't set foot on a subway there in 30 years. - Mighty Ira 00:06
[man 20] Bill Buckley who works in New York hasn't set ...
So, what's going on here? Mr. Limousine conservative with Mr. ACLU liberal? - Mighty Ira 00:06
So, what's going on here? Mr. Limousine conservative wi...
[Ira] I had this... this crazy theory that, you know, if you could take somebody like this - Mighty Ira 00:10
[Ira] I had this... this crazy theory that, you know, if you...
He's been sealed off from reality for a long time - Mighty Ira 00:07
He's been sealed off from reality for a long time
For Ira to... to sort of bring him down, you know, - Mighty Ira 00:11
For Ira to... to sort of bring him down, you know,
[man 20] That's right. Lacuna, it's a gap in one's knowledge. - Mighty Ira 00:06
[man 20] That's right. Lacuna, it's a gap in one&#...
While the game was going on, Ira was explaining to him all the nuances of the game - Mighty Ira 00:09
While the game was going on, Ira was explaining to him all t...
[Cora] It was just remarkable that this relationship - Mighty Ira 00:14
[Cora] It was just remarkable that this relationship
[Ira] The central goal in talking and working with people who you don't agree with - Mighty Ira 00:18
[Ira] The central goal in talking and working with people wh...