Original subtitles

♪ I SEE A LAND

♪ WITH LIBERTY FOR ALL

♪ YET STILL I KNOW

♪ THE TRUTH WILL RISE AND FALL ♪

♪ OH, YEAH-EE-AH

♪ THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT GOES ♪

♪ A WORD NOW TO THE WISE

♪ THE WORLD WAS MADE TO CHANGE ♪

♪ EACH DAY IS A SURPRISE

♪ I'M LOOKIN' AT LIFE THROUGH MY OWN EYES ♪

♪ I'M SEARCHIN' FOR A HERO TO IDOLIZE ♪

♪ FEELIN' THE PAIN AS INNOCENCE DIES ♪

♪ I'M LOOKIN' AT LIFE

♪ THROUGH MY OWN EYES

♪ I'LL TAKE MY HEART INTO BATTLE ♪

♪ GIVE THAT FREEDOM BELL A RATTLE ♪

♪ GET MY INDEPENDENCE SIGNED ♪

♪ DECLARE FOR IT ON THE DOTTED LINE ♪

♪ LET PHILADELPHIA FREEDOM RING ♪

♪ AND PATRIOTIC VOICES SING

♪ RED, WHITE, AND BLUE, NEVER GIVE UP ♪

♪ YOU REPRESENT AMERICA ♪

♪ HOPIN' AND PRAYIN' FOR A BRIGHTER DAY ♪

♪ I LISTEN TO MY HEART, AND I OBEY ♪

♪ HOW CAN I SEE IT ANY OTHER WAY? ♪

♪ I'M LOOKIN' AT LIFE

♪ I'M LOOKIN' AT LIFE

♪ THROUGH MY OWN EYES

CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY DIC ENTERTAINMENT

AND THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Narrator: HERE ARE SOME EXCITING SCENES FROM TODAY'S EPISODE

OF LIBERTY'S KIDS.

Second man: IT'S NOT ABOUT RICH MEN

FIGHTING OTHER RICH MEN FOR MORE.

IT'S ABOUT US!

Third man: IT'S AGAINST ALL PRIVILEGE.

IT'S AGAINST ANY SYSTEM WHERE SOME HAVE

UNFAIR ADVANTAGE OVER OTHERS.

Fourth man: TELL THE WIDOWS AND ORPHANS

OF BOSTON ABOUT THE VIRTUES OF PATIENCE.

I HAVE NO PATIENCE FOR PATIENCE!

Woman: AAH!

Sarah: JANUARY, 1776...

DEAREST MOTHER,

I CAN'T ESCAPE THE FEAR OF ALL-OUT WAR

BETWEEN THE COLONIES AND ENGLAND.

THE COLONISTS BELIEVE THEY'RE FIGHTING FOR THEIR RIGHTS

AS BRITISH SUBJECTS,

BUT SOME FEEL THE ONLY WAY THEY CAN GET THOSE RIGHTS

IS TO BREAK AWAY FROM ENGLAND.

[CRICKETS CHIRPING]

SARAH, YOU SEEM TROUBLED.

I'M WORRIED, DR. FRANKLIN.

ABOUT WHAT?

WAR.

I FEEL THIS REBELLION MAY GET OUT OF HAND

AND LEAD TO SOMETHING AWFUL.

WHAT COULD BE MORE AWFUL

THAN THE SITUATION WE'RE IN NOW,

OUR RIGHTS TRAMPLED BY A PARLIAMENT

HALF A WORLD AWAY?

I WISH SOMEONE WOULD GIVE ME 10 MINUTES ALONE

WITH THAT KING GEORGE!

THAT'S NO WAY TO TALK ABOUT HIS MAJESTY.

HE'S OUR KING.

HE'S NOT MY KING. I'M FRENCH!

[DOOR SQUEAKS]

THE WHIMS OF ROYALTY HAVE LAID THE WORLD TO ASHES.

KING GEORGE IS A WORTHLESS, BRUTAL MAN,

THE CROWN SAVAGE OF GREAT BRITAIN.

YOUR SERVANT, MISS.

Ben: WHY, BLESS ME, TOM!

YOU KNOW THIS INDIVIDUAL?

DON'T JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER, SARAH.

JAMES, HENRI, SARAH, I'D LIKE YOU TO MEET

MY OLD PROTEGE THOMAS PAINE.

EDITOR OF THE PENNSYLVANIA MAGAZINE?

IF IT WASN'T FOR DR. FRANKLIN'S LETTER OF INTRODUCTION,

I'D BE ROTTING IN THE GUTTERS OF LONDON.

YOU'RE LOOKING THIN, OLD FRIEND.

HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN?

2 YEARS? COME DINE WITH US

AND SHARE YOUR ADVENTURES.

Sarah, thinking: A DIRTY, RAGGED MAN

WHO PUBLICLY SLANDERS THE KING,

AND HERE WE ARE, BREAKING BREAD WITH HIM!

THE CHALLENGE IS

THE ELEVATION OF THE COMMON MAN.

I WISH HE'D START

BY ELEVATING COMMON TABLE MANNERS.

MR. PAINE, IT'S A GREAT PLEASURE TO MEET YOU.

YOUR ESSAYS AGAINST SLAVERY

HAVE BEEN AN INSPIRATION.

THANK YOU, GOOD FELLOW.

I'M OPPOSED TO ALL FORMS OF TYRANNY.

YOU SEE, OUR CURRENT STRUGGLE IS NOT REALLY WITH ENGLAND.

I'M HAPPY TO HEAR YOU SAY THAT.

IT'S AGAINST ALL PRIVILEGE.

IT'S AGAINST ANY SYSTEM WHERE SOME HAVE UNFAIR ADVANTAGE OVER OTHERS.

[GASPS]

I AGREE.

ARISTOCRATS ARE ALL WET.

TOM, YOUR PASSION IS STIRRING,

BUT WHY AREN'T YOU STILL WRITING?

I'VE READ NOT A WORD BY YOU IN MONTHS.

MY GOOD DOCTOR, I'VE DONE NOTHING BUT WRITE!

AAH!

Tom: I'VE BEEN STRUGGLING TO DEFINE THIS REVOLUTION OF OURS,

TO EXPLAIN IN A WAY THAT WILL MAKE IT CLEAR

TO EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD.

AT BENJAMIN RUSH'S SUGGESTION,

I'VE CALLED IT COMMON SENSE.

IT SHOULD BE ON THE STREETS ANY DAY NOW.

MAY I?

AND WHAT CONCLUSIONS HAVE YOU REACHED?

I MAKE THE CASE FOR TOTAL INDEPENDENCE FROM THE CROWN.

Sarah: INDEPENDENCE?

YOU WOULD CUT TIES TO THE KING HIMSELF?

THE SOONER THE BETTER.

TOM, WHILE I AGREE WITH YOU,

I'M NOT SURE THE PEOPLE ARE READY FOR SUCH A RADICAL SOLUTION.

THE MAJORITY ARE STILL LOYAL TO THE KING.

THEIR BEEF IS WITH PARLIAMENT.

BEN, THE WHOLE IDEA OF A TINY ISLAND LIKE ENGLAND

IMPOSING RULE OVER A GIANT LAND LIKE THIS

IS ABSURD.

BUT THAT'S HOW IT'S ALWAYS BEEN.

AND PEOPLE ONCE THOUGHT THE WORLD WAS FLAT.

IT IS MY HOPE COMMON SENSE

WILL CHANGE PUBLIC OPINION!

TOM, IN MY YOUTH, I WAS HOT-HEADED,

BUT I'VE SINCE LEARNED THE VIRTUE OF PATIENCE.

WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, DOCTOR,

TELL THE WIDOWS AND ORPHANS OF BOSTON

ABOUT THE VIRTUES OF PATIENCE!

I HAVE NO PATIENCE FOR PATIENCE!

THANK YOU FOR THE MEAL.

GOOD EVENING.

[DOOR CLOSES]

THAT MAN HAS SOME TEMPER.

AND SOME PEN!

"EUROPE AND NOT ENGLAND IS THE PARENT COUNTRY OF AMERICA.

"THIS NEW WORLD HAS BEEN THE ASYLUM FOR THE PERSECUTED LOVERS

"OF CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY FROM EVERY PART OF EUROPE.

"HITHER HAVE THEY FLED.

"NOT FROM THE THE TENDER EMBRACES OF THE MOTHER,

BUT FROM THE CRUELTY OF THE MONSTER."

THIS IS FANTASTIC!

I'LL NEVER READ THAT MAN'S PAMPHLET.

IT'S DANGEROUS.

HE WANTS TO START A WAR THAT WILL TAKE YEARS TO END.

SARAH, TOM IS SIMPLY PUTTING INTO WORDS

WHAT IS ALREADY IN THE HEARTS OF MANY.

HE'S A GOOD MAN.

HOWEVER, I CONCEDE HIS TEMPER IS A PROBLEM.

I'LL SEE THAT HE STAYS OUT OF TROUBLE.

I'M COMING WITH YOU.

BUT YOU DON'T EVEN LIKE THE MAN.

I DON'T, BUT IF MR. PAINE'S COMMON SENSE

IS GOING TO APPEAR IN PRINT,

THE GAZETTE SHOULD HAVE IT.

I THOUGHT YOU WEREN'T GOING TO READ IT.

I'M NOT.

BUT WE ARE A NEWSPAPER,

AND COMMON SENSE IS NEWS.

HEY, WAIT FOR ME!

MOSES, WE'D BETTER GET THE PRESS READY.

I HAVE A FEELING WE'RE GOING TO NEED EXTRA COPIES OF COMMON SENSE

ONCE WORD GETS OUT.

[SQUEAKING]

Henri: WHERE COULD PAINE HAVE GONE?

BRR! I HOPE HOME TO BED,

WHICH IS WHERE I WISH I WERE.

Tom: EITHER YOU'RE ALL COWARDS OR YOU'RE ALL FOOLS!

HE MUST TALK IN HIS SLEEP.

COME ON!

AWAY WITH YOU! YOU'RE BLOWIN' SMOKE!

THIS IS CRAZY TALK.

AMERICA'S NOT OUR COUNTRY.

WE'RE PENNSYLVANIA MEN.

THIS IS OUR COUNTRY.

YOU'VE GOT A NARROW MIND FOR SOMEONE WITH SUCH BROAD SHOULDERS.

WHY SHOULD WE FIGHT TO DEFEND

HOT-HEADED FOREIGNERS FROM MASSACHUSETTS?

BECAUSE, UNLESS WE FIGHT FOR EACH OTHER,

WE'LL ALL END UP SLAVES TO A BRITISH MASTER.

THE MAN MAKES SENSE!

HOW DOES HE FIGURE THAT? HE'S NOT MAKING SENSE!

WHY DO YOU HESITATE?

HAS THE STINK OF FISH TURNED YOUR HEADS TO PUDDING?

WHO ARE YOU CALLIN' A PUDDIN' HEAD?

TIME TO SHUT HIS MOUTH GOOD.

ALL RIGHT THEN, COME ON!

I'M NOT AFRAID OF THE LOT OF YOU!

[SHOUTS]

NICE SHOT, JAMES!

Man: GET HIM! Second man: THERE HE GOES!

WE'LL SHOW HIM HOW TO FIGHT, HUH?!

COME ON!

THIS WAY!

[MEN SHOUTING]

[GROANING]

[YELLING]

PTOO!

WHAT'S THIS?

COMMON SENSE?

1,000 COPIES.

I HOPE THAT'S GOING TO BE ENOUGH.

IT'S HALF-PAST 8:00.

YOU'D BETTER OPEN THE SHOP.

[YAWNING]

EARLY TO BED, EARLY TO RISE.

ONE OUT OF 2 ISN'T BAD.

AAH!

QUICKLY! I MUST HAVE ONE BEFORE YOU RUN OUT, TOO!

RUN OUT OF WHAT?

COMMON SENSE, OF COURSE!

WHERE ELSE AM I TO FIND A COPY?

WAKE UP, LAD!

BRADFORD'S IS OUT. SO IS HAMMERSBY.

Man: BEN FRANKLIN'S! THIS WAY!

Second man: MAYBE THEY HAVE COPIES!

Man: HEY, WHAT ARE THEY DOING?

Second man: THEY SLAMMED THE DOOR!

I THOUGHT THEY HAD IT!

Third man: THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE OPEN!

[POUNDING ON DOOR] WHAT'S GOING ON?!

MOSES, BETTER MAKE THAT 2,000 COPIES.

IF THIS KEEPS UP,

COMMON SENSE WILL BE

THE BEST-SELLING PAMPHLET IN THE COLONIES.

IT'S DANGEROUS PROPAGANDA,

AND WE'VE HELPED SPREAD IT.

THAT'S NOT TRUE!

YOU HAVEN'T EVEN READ IT YOURSELF.

HOW DO YOU KNOW IT'S DANGEROUS?

I KNOW TREASON WHEN I HEAR IT.

WELL, IF YOU AREN'T INTERESTED IN THIS STORY,

YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME ALONG.

WHAT I'M INTERESTED IN IS MAKING SURE

WE GET BOTH SIDES OF THE STORY.

NOT EVERYONE IS GOING TO AGREE

WITH MR. PAINE'S RAVINGS.

IF WE'RE GOING TO GAUGE THE PUBLIC'S RESPONSE,

WE NEED THE COMPLETE PICTURE.

THAT'S GOOD JOURNALISM.

I'LL INTERVIEW...

THAT GENTLEMAN OVER THERE.

AND YOU CAN INTERVIEW...

THAT ONE.

COME ALONG, HENRI.

I DON'T WANT YOU WANDERING OFF.

NO, THANKS.

I THINK I'LL HAVE A LOT MORE FUN WITHOUT YOU 2.

COMMON SENSE?

MORE LIKE NONSENSE.

WE'RE ALL ENGLISHMEN.

I DIDN'T HEAR THESE REBELS

COMPLAINING ABOUT THE KING

WHEN HE SENT HIS BEST MEN HERE

DURING THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR!

SO, IN YOUR OPINION,

COMMON SENSE FAILS TO ADDRESS--

IT'S RUBBISH!

AND I'D FEEL THE SAME WAY

EVEN IF I HAD READ IT!

HMMM.

[FRENCH ACCENT] FOR ME, COMMON SENSE MAKES SENSE.

IT'S LIKE ZEESE THREADS.

ALONE THEY ARE WEAK, BUT TOGETHER...

TOGETHER THEY ARE STRONG!

UNBREAKABLE!

EACH THREAD ADDING ITS OWN WEIGHT

TO MAKE THE WHOLE STRONG!

THAT IS HOW WE MUST WEAVE THIS NEW LAND.

KNOWING, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HUMAN HISTORY,

WE ARE ALL OF EQUAL VALUE.

A FRIEND OF YOURS?

SOMETIMES.

WELL, WHAT DID HE SAY?

THE TAILOR THINKS PAINE IS RIGHT.

WELL, I SPOKE TO A MERCHANT,

AND HE THINKS MR. PAINE IS WRONG.

THAT'S BECAUSE YOU ONLY INTERVIEW RICH TORIES.

I MOST CERTAINLY DO NOT!

WE'LL STOP THE NEXT MAN WE SEE AND INTERVIEW HIM TOGETHER.

[CLANGING]

GOOD DAY, SIR.

MY FELLOW JOURNALIST AND I SEEK YOUR OPINION.

WE'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT YOU THINK OF COMMON SENSE.

I'M FOR IT.

YOU'VE READ IT?

HASN'T EVERYONE?

[MEOW]

OHH!

HUH?

I'VE HIT THE JACKPOT!

WE'D VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOUR VIEWS

ON COMMON SENSE.

I'M PROUD TO SAY I'M A SUCCESSFUL MAN

BY VIRTUE OF MY OWN LABOR.

THE MEN WHO WORK FOR ME ARE PAID A FAIR WAGE.

WE SHARE MUTUAL RESPECT,

BUT WHEN I TRAVEL TO ENGLAND ON BUSINESS,

THE RICH AVOID THE EYES OF THE POOR.

THE POOR DO LIKEWISE,

FEARING THE WRATH OF THE WEALTHY.

WHETHER MY SONS FAIR WELL OR POORLY IN LIFE,

I'LL NOT HAVE THEM FEAR ANOTHER MAN'S GAZE.

THAT'S MY OPINION.

AND THAT'S COMMON SENSE.

AND THAT'S ONE MORE VOTE FOR INDEPENDENCE.

HENRI KNOWS THE STREETS BETTER THAN WE DO.

WHY DO WE HAVE TO FIND HIM?

BECAUSE MOSES WILL NEED HELP

PRINTING MORE COPIES OF COMMON SENSE.

HENRI HAS A WAY OF VANISHING WHEN THERE'S WORK TO BE DONE.

DON'T YOU EVER WORRY ABOUT WHAT ALL THIS WILL LEAD TO?

OF COURSE NOT.

IF I CAN'T FIND HENRI, IT WILL LEAD TO A LOT MORE WORK FOR ME.

YOU'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT HENRI, ARE YOU?

NO. I MEAN THIS REBELLION--

THIS TOM PAINE CHARACTER TELLING PEOPLE THE KING IS A TYRANT.

IF ENOUGH PEOPLE BELIEVE HIM,

THE WHOLE WORLD COULD BE TURNED UPSIDE DOWN.

SARAH, DON'T BE AFRAID.

BE ENCOURAGED.

AS TOM SAYS, WE HAVE A CHANCE TO BEGIN THE WORLD ANEW.

I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING MORE EXCITING.

ALL RIGHT. WHY DON'T YOU SEARCH THE DOCKS FOR HENRI?

AND I'LL HEAD HOME TO GET SUPPER READY.

JAMES!

SOMETIMES YOU'RE NOT AS TERRIBLE

AS YOU ARE AT OTHER TIMES.

[SQUEAKING]

Henri: HERE THEY ARE, GENTLEMEN!

COME AND GET THEM!

HENRI?

HENRI, JAMES HAS BEEN LOOKING ALL OVER FOR YOU.

YOU SHOULDN'T BE IN THIS DISREPUTABLE PLACE WHERE PEOPLE ARE--

READING COMMON SENSE?

I FOUND A CRATE FULL!

IF YOU DON'T MIND A LITTLE MUD,

THEY'RE NOT BAD.

PUBLISHER SELLS THEM FOR ONE SHILLING.

I'M GETTING 2.

I'LL GIVE YOU 3 TO GET HOME.

ONE...

2...

HEY, I'VE GOT CUSTOMERS HERE!

"OF MORE WORTH IS ONE HONEST MAN

THAN ALL THE CROWNED RUFFIANS THAT EVER LIVED."

HERE'S ANOTHER.

"WE BREAK NOT FROM THE TENDER EMBRACE OF THE MOTHER,

BUT FROM THE CRUELTY OF THE MONSTER."

DON'T SAY SUCH THINGS.

IF YOU CALL THE KING OUR ENEMY,

HE'LL BECOME OUR ENEMY.

IT WILL CAUSE YEARS OF BLOODY FIGHTING.

AND GREAT BRITAIN WILL WIN!

PAY HER NO MIND.

SHE'S JUST A GIRL.

A GIRL, MAYBE, BUT NO LADY,

MAKING HERSELF A SPECTACLE.

QUITE RIGHT. [GASPS]

[ALL GRUMBLING]

YOU WERE SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT LEAVING?

DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT RABBLE, LASS.

I'M TAKING THIS FILTHY PAMPHLET

TO THE PROPER AUTHORITIES.

THEY'LL KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THE AUTHOR, WHOEVER HE IS.

THE COWARD DIDN'T EVEN HAVE THE COURAGE TO PUT HIS NAME ON IT.

YOU WERE SAYIN' SOMETHIN' ABOUT GREAT BRITAIN WINNIN',

ENGLISH GIRL?

I DON'T WANT ENGLISH IN HERE.

LET'S SHOW HER THE DOOR.

SHE'S NOT WELCOME HERE.

LET'S GET HERE OUT OF HERE.

YOU REALLY KNOW HOW TO MAKE FRIENDS.

[ALL GRUMBLING]

NO, STOP!

FREE COPIES, FREE! HERE!

OUT OF THE WAY!

Tom: WE SERVE NO CAUSE

IF WE'RE AS INTOLERANT AS OUR OLD MASTERS.

TOM PAINE!

YOUR SERVANT, MISS.

WHO'S TOM PAINE?

IF YOU HAD ANY COMMON SENSE, YOU'D KNOW WHO THOMAS PAINE IS.

ARE YOU HURT?

NO, THANK YOU.

I HAVE A TEMPER

AND SOMETIMES FORGET THE VIRTUE OF HUMILITY.

HUMILITY'S AN OVERRATED VIRTUE.

IT'S BETTER THAN ARROGANCE.

NO, SARAH, IT'S NOT.

I WAS NOT HIGH-BORN.

I'VE HAD TO GROVEL BEFORE FOOLS.

I WAS A FOOL MYSELF, FAILING AT EVERYTHING I TURNED MY HAND TO...

CORSET MAKER, TAX COLLECTOR, COBBLER.

I FOUND MY CALLING WITH WORDS.

BUT ONLY AFTER I VOWED

TO NEVER AGAIN BEND MY KNEE BEFORE ANY MAN.

IF THAT'S ARROGANCE, SO BE IT.

I WAS TAUGHT DIFFERENTLY.

YOU ARE A WOMAN, YES.

SOCIETY HAS PLACED YOU IN A DIFFERENT STATION,

BUT WE BOTH HAVE SOULS AND SOULS NEED A VOICE.

OH, SARAH'S GOT A VOICE.

YOU SHOULD HEAR HER WHEN SHE'S CROSS AT ME.

James: SARAH! HENRI! I'VE BEEN SEARCHING EVERYWHERE!

THIS SPEAKS BETTER THAN I.

YOU MAY FIND THIS REVOLUTION IS FOR YOU AS WELL.

WAR WITH ENGLAND?!

MMM! MY FAVORITE! APPLE-PEACH PIE!

DR. FRANKLIN?

I'VE JUST FINISHED READING THIS TROUBLING LITTLE PAMPHLET

FOR THE THIRD TIME.

IT'S WRITTEN IN SIMPLE LANGUAGE FOR ORDINARY PEOPLE,

BUT ITS SIMPLICITY IS WHAT GIVES IT ELOQUENCE.

MR. PAINE SAYS THE COMMON PEOPLE

ARE CAPABLE OF RULING THEMSELVES AND DON'T NEED KINGS

OR EVEN MEN OF WEALTH AND HIGH STATION TO RULE OVER THEM.

BUT MEN IN YOUR OWN CONGRESS DISAGREE.

THEY SAY WITHOUT GUIDANCE, WITHOUT CONTROLS

THE COMMON MAN IS IMPULSIVE, EVEN VIOLENT.

MR.PAINE SEEMS BETTER AT TEARING DOWN THAN BUILDING UP.

THAT PAMPHLET IS DANGEROUS.

INDEED, IT IS.

THERE IS NOTHING LIKE IT IN PRINT,

BUT SOMETIMES DANGEROUS IDEAS ARE NECESSARY.

THE RABBLE CAN BE VIOLENT, IT'S TRUE,

BUT SO CAN KINGS.

MR. PAINE HAS WRITTEN SOMETHING PROFOUND.

COMMON SENSE IS A REVOLUTION IN THOUGHT.

IT APPEARS TO HAVE TAKEN AN ORDINARY MAN

TO GRASP THE POWER OF ORDINARY MEN.

WELL, TO DINNER.

WE JUST GOT HOME.

WHY ARE WE OUT AGAIN WHEN THERE'S STILL HALF A PIE ON THE TABLE?

I WANTED TO LISTEN TO THE NIGHT.

WE HAVE NIGHT AT HOME.

AND DID I MENTION THE PIE?

SHH!

Man: IT'S NOT ABOUT RICH MEN FIGHTING OTHER RICH MEN FOR MORE.

IT'S ABOUT US.

Second man: BUT WE DON'T NEED A KING.

WE CAN RULE OURSELVES WITH LAWS OF OUR OWN MAKING.

'TIS NOT AGAINST ANYONE!

'TIS A STRUGGLE FOR A NEW WAY OF BEING.

THEY'RE ALL READING COMMON SENSE

BECAUSE IT MAKES SENSE.

I'LL SAY!

I MADE £3!

DON'T TELL ME.

YOU HAVEN'T READ IT?

I READ THE COVER.

Sarah: IT'S WORTH READING MORE.

I THOUGHT YOU WEREN'T GOING TO READ IT.

WELL, I THOUGHT I SHOULD

AT LEAST KNOW WHAT I'M ARGUING AGAINST.

LOOK!

MR. PAINE SAID HE WANTED OPPOSING VIEWS.

WELL, HE'S GOT THEM NOW.

James: LET'S GET HIS STORY.

Man: MR. MAYWEATHER!

YES, FATHER?

YOU'LL NEED TO PICK UP THE PACE

IF WE'RE GOING TO GET THESE UP BEFORE DAWN.

AND IF WE EVER GET OUR HANDS ON THE SCOUNDREL

WHO WROTE THIS TREASON AGAINST REASON,

I'LL TAR AND FEATHER HIM MYSELF!

I'VE GOT TO WARN TOM.

WE HAVE GOT TO WARN HIM.

I THOUGHT YOU WERE AGAINST HIM.

I...WELL, I...

HURRY UP!

[FOOTSTEPS RUNNING]

OH, MY!

WELCOME TO MY PALACE.

TOM, WE'VE GOT TO GET YOU OUT OF HERE!

THE TORIES ARE LOOKING FOR YOU!

QUICK! OUT THE WINDOW!

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

AREN'T YOU GOING TO MAKE A RUN FOR IT?

IF I RAN EVERY TIME SOMEONE DISAGREED WITH ME,

I'D HAVE TO CIRCLE THE EARTH 5 TIMES.

I'VE NOTHING TO RUN FROM.

LET THEM DO WHAT THEY WILL WITH ME.

THEY'LL NEVER STOP AN IDEA.

NOT IF IT'S A GOOD IDEA.

Henri: HEY, ARE YOU GUYS COMING?

Henri: ANYBODY?

[WHINNYING]

George Washington: AT EASE.

GENTLEMEN, LAST NIGHT I READ A MOST REMARKABLE LITTLE PAMPHLET.

I HAVE ORDERED COPIES PRINTED

TO BE DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE RANKS.

STUDY IT. LEARN IT AS YOU LEARNED YOUR BIBLE.

AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO CANNOT READ,

PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THESE WORDS.

"FOR WERE THE IMPULSES OF CONSCIENCE CLEAR,

"UNIFORM AND IRRESISTIBLY OBEYED,

"MAN WOULD NEED NO OTHER LAWGIVER,

"BUT THAT NOT BEING THE CASE,

"HE FINDS IT NECESSARY

"TO SURRENDER UP A PART OF HIS PROPERTY

"TO FURNISH MEANS FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE REST,

"AND THIS HE IS INDUCED TO DO BY THE SAME PRUDENCE

"WHICH, IN EVERY OTHER CASE, ADVISES HIM

"OUT OF THE 2 EVILS TO CHOOSE THE LEAST.

"WHEREFORE SECURITY BEING THE TRUE DESIGN

"AND END OF GOVERNMENT,

"IT UNANSWERABLY FOLLOWS THAT WHATEVER FORM THEREOF

"APPEARS MOST LIKELY TO ENSURE IT TO US,

"WITH THE LEAST EXPENSE AND GREATEST BENEFIT

IS PREFERABLE TO ALL OTHERS."

Moses: JAMES, MORE PAPER!

COMING RIGHT UP, MOSES!

WE MUST HAVE PRINTED A THOUSAND COPIES, MOSES.

HOW MANY MORE DO WE NEED?

5,000.

DR. FRANKLIN SAYS WE NEED A COPY

FOR EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD IN THE COLONIES.

JAMES, MORE PAPER!

KEEP PRINTING, MOSES.

THERE'S PLENTY MORE WHERE THIS CAME FROM.

Sarah: I CAN'T BELIEVE GENERAL WASHINGTON WANTS TO SEE YOU.

I CAN HARDLY BELIEVE IT MYSELF.

YOU'RE AN ESTEEMED MAN, TOM.

NO, JUST A SIMPLE MAN WITH A SIMPLE IDEA.

AND THE BEST-SELLING PAMPHLET IN AMERICA!

WITH ALL THAT MONEY,

MAYBE YOU CAN AFFORD A BETTER ROOM.

I'M DONATING EVERY SHILLING

TO THE AMERICAN SOLDIERS.

THEY LACK SHOES, BLANKETS

AND POWDER FOR THEIR MUSKETS.

THE MONEY WILL DO THE COUNTRY MORE GOOD THAN IT WILL ME.

HERE. GIVE THIS TO THE SOLDIERS, TOO.

IT'S REALLY YOUR MONEY ANYWAY.

ALTHOUGH I COULD SPEND IT PLENTY GOOD MYSELF.

HA HA HA!

IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE, MISS PHILLIPS.

IT HAS BEEN ENLIGHTENING, MR. PAINE.

Sarah: DEAREST MOTHER,

OUT OF CHAOS SOMETIMES COMES A NEW AND BETTER ORDER.

PERHAPS IT'S AS MR. PAINE SAYS...

Tom: WE HAVE IT IN OUR POWER TO BEGIN THE WORLD ANEW,

TO BRING FORWARD A GOVERNMENT

IN WHICH THE RIGHTS OF ALL MEN SHALL BE PRESERVED.

O, YE THAT LOVE MANKIND,

YE THAT DARES OPPOSE NOT ONLY THE TYRANNY

BUT THE TYRANT, STAND FORTH!

AMERICA SHALL MAKE A STAND NOT FOR HERSELF ALONE,

BUT FOR THE WORLD!

♪ I'M LOOKIN' AT LIFE THROUGH MY OWN EYES ♪

♪ I'M SEARCHIN' FOR A HERO TO IDOLIZE ♪

♪ FEELIN' THE PAIN AS INNOCENCE DIES ♪

♪ I'M LOOKIN' AT LIFE

♪ THROUGH MY OWN EYES

♪ I'LL TAKE MY HEART INTO BATTLE ♪

♪ GIVE THAT FREEDOM BELL A RATTLE ♪

♪ GET MY INDEPENDENCE SIGNED ♪

♪ DECLARE FOR IT ON THE DOTTED LINE ♪

♪ RED, WHITE, AND BLUE, NEVER GIVE UP ♪

♪ YOU REPRESENT AMERICA ♪