1:05:03
And I don't remember any talk then
about the almighty dollar...
1:05:06
or "what's in it for me," or "my problems."
Not then.
1:05:10
Bottled gas.
1:05:12
There's hardly a home in Cape Anne
that doesn't have a fireplace...
1:05:15
where your female ancestors cooked
three meals a day, 365 days a year.
1:05:19
And those women
that were cooking those meals...
1:05:21
had one hand on a skillet
and one on a musket.
1:05:24
An Indian happened to slip by the men
in the fields...
1:05:26
he had every female in this town
to contend with.
1:05:30
They tell me supper was hardly ever late.
1:05:35
What is the matter with you people?
Don't you know where you are?
1:05:38
Don't you realise? You're in a town meeting.
1:05:43
And this is one of the last places
on this sweet earth...
1:05:45
where the democratic process
is still going on.
1:05:49
This is really America...
1:05:52
or was.
1:05:53
And the very soul of our system...
1:05:56
is the dignity of the average American.
1:06:01
The dignity and the inalienable right to
stand up and fight for what he believes in.
1:06:05
Do you realise that Jane Osgood's
great-great-great grandfather...
1:06:08
founded your town,
and that he fought the Kennebunk Indians?
1:06:11
Her great-great grandfather
built this town hall...
1:06:14
where you're sitting here now
having your meeting.
1:06:17
And he helped stop the redcoats
at Ogunquit so they couldn't get here.
1:06:20
And now, today, Jane Osgood has a fight
with Harry Foster Malone.
1:06:24
And she's fighting for what she believes in.
That's her right.
1:06:27
And what happens? You, the townspeople,
her neighbours, her friends.
1:06:31
Do you line up beside her
and help her fight?
1:06:33
No, you drop your muskets and you run.
1:06:37
You run.
1:06:40
Well, run.
1:06:44
I can't take it. I'm getting outta here.
You can sit and feel sorry for yourselves.
1:06:48
What are you going to do, George?
1:06:59
Aaron, it seems to me you wanted to vote
for first selectman of Cape Anne.