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:21:00
Cicero's appeal was to
Julius Caesar, not Claudius.

:21:04
Claudius would not be born
for another hundred years.

:21:06
You were right,
there was one of them.

:21:10
- Is that him?
- Yes, Mr President.

:21:14
Please unlock this door.
:21:16
Adams has flirted with abolitionists
for 15 years,

:21:19
but has yet to take one home.
:21:21
- How old is he?
- Too old to take anyone home!

:21:25
He sleeps through three quarters
of the sessions on the Hill.

:21:28
Let's see. President,
slumbering congressman,

:21:31
jailhouse lawyer - one waits with
great anticipation for what's next!

:21:36
- What must that be like?
- What?

:21:39
Knowing all your life,
whatever your accomplishments,

:21:42
you'll only be remembered
as the son of a great father.

:21:45
The only thing John Quincy Adams will
remembered for is his middle name!

:21:52
I wonder, is there anything
as pathetic as an ex-president?

:22:01
I was talking about John...
:22:31
- Sir.
- Yes?

:22:34
Cinque has asked me t-t-to ask you...
:22:37
whether you have thought about
the question of jurisdiction.

:22:41
What?
:22:42
That since they took over
the ship far out to sea,

:22:47
and since neither Spain
nor America owns the sea,

:22:50
how is it that the treaty applies?
:22:55
Tell him the treaty recognises
no jurisdictional limitations.


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