John Dickinson
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Uploaded by not4u2b on Nov 6, 2008
Speech given by John Dickinson just before independence vote.
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"...to brave the storm in a skiff made of paper." Wow. Strong imagery there!
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People don't give speeches the way they used to. A skiff made of paper is such powerful poetic imagery. In politics today you hear lots of generalized accusations, but nothing that really gets to the point like this, and nothing so well crafted.
10 months ago 2
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@Pfisiar22 stronger central government... not a totalitarian one like the one we have now.
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@LovelornSong well they were congress men so they had money nd could afford to dress this well
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@sawzaw203 Do you have any idea what you are talking about? The Confederation was a miserable failure. The country's economy was in shambles without a unified currency. At least two of the states nearly went to war with each other.
The country was an enormous mess under the Articles of Confederation. There is no coincidence that every powerful and great country is also accompanied by a strong central government.
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@KILLBILL1091 that he did he was a very big supporter of emnding things with the king but he was ana merican who when he say the others where set on indapendince joined the army and went to fight for his country
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It is too bad that the Articles of Conferdation were thrown to the way-sides...in the name of an allged "Constitution" that would give "power" to a form of government that no free states-man should ever allow to take place in a newly formed "free country"!!
Thomas Jefferson for President forever!!
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Great speech. One of many. The whole series was just outstanding.
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"My conduct this day, I expect will give the finishing blow to my once great, and now much diminished popularity."
That's such an awesome line. This was a great show.
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Men dressed so much better in this era. Fashion for men just went downhill after 1910.
LovelornSong 2 years ago 19
Upon receiving news of his death, President Jefferson recognized him as being "among the first of the advocates for the rights of his country when assailed by Great Britain" whose "name will be consecrated in history as one of the great worthies of the revolution." He was president of both Delaware and Pennsylvania and wrote the first American patriotic song. He fought against slavery, and served his country well. How many can say the same?
icantsigninable 2 years ago 13