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Spread Their Shame (Original Post) sheshe2 Jan 2019 OP
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sheshe2

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4. You are welcome, Cha.
Thu Jan 24, 2019, 10:14 PM
Jan 2019

On the Fourth of July no less.Traitors one and all.

Our Independence Day.

From the movie.

President Whitmore's speech
With humankind on the brink of extinction, United States President Thomas J. Whitmore (Bill Pullman) delivers one of the best inspirational speeches in disaster movie history. What follows is a transcript of that speech:

Good morning. Good morning. In less than an hour, aircraft from here will join others from around the world, and you will be launching the largest aerial battle in the history of mankind. Mankind, that word should have new meaning for all of us today. We can't be consumed by our petty differences any more. We will be united in our common interest. Perhaps it's fate that today is the 4th of July, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom. Not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution, but from annihilation. We're fighting for our right to live, to exist�and should we win the day, the 4th of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day when the world declared in one voice, 'We will not go quietly into the night! We will not vanish without a fight! We're going to live on, we're going to survive.' Today we celebrate our independence day!"

President Thomas Whitmore
July 4th, 1996


http://www.disasterflicks.com/movies/independence-day-speech.html



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