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That virtue was its own reward.
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That good triumphs over evil.
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But as we get older
we know this isn't true.
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Individual human beings have to create
justice, and this is not easy...
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...because the truth often poses a threat
to power...
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...and one often has to fight power
at great risk to themselves.
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People like S.M. Holland...
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...Lee Bowers...
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...Jean Hill, Willie O'Keefe...
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...have all taken that risk
and they've all come forward.
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I have here some $8,000 in these letters...
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...sent from all over the country.
1:21:38
Quarters, dimes, dollars from housewives...
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...plumbers, car salesmen,
teachers, invalids.
1:21:45
These are people who cannot afford
to send money but do.
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People who drive cabs...
1:21:51
...who nurse in hospitals...
1:21:53
...who see their kids go to Vietnam.
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Why?
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Because they care.
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Because they want to know the truth.
1:22:04
Because they want their country back.
1:22:06
Because it still belongs to us...
1:22:09
...as long as the people have the guts
to fight for what they believe in.
1:22:15
The truth is the most important value
we have because if it doesn't endure...
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...if the government murders truth...
1:22:22
...if we cannot respect these people...
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...then this is not the country I was born in,
or the country I want to die in.
1:22:31
Tennyson wrote:
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"Authority forgets a dying king."
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This was never more true
than for John F. Kennedy...
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...whose murder was probably one
of the most terrible moments...
1:22:42
...in the history of our country.
1:22:46
We, the people, the jury system sitting
in judgment on Clay Shaw...
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...represent the hope...
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...of humanity against government power.
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In discharging your duty...