Hearts and Minds
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[Man On P.A.] "We hold these truths
to be self-evident.

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That all men are created equal.
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That they are endowed by their creator
with certain unalienable rights.

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That among these are life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness. "

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And when you judge the Revolution
and the problems and the success we had,

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it was a two-way street.
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A good many citizens
at the time of the Revolution...

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actually stayed
and fought with the British.

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It was close to being a civil war
in many areas.

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You actually split
many-many families.

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Thomas Jefferson said,
"The tree of revolution is--''

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or "The tree of liberty is...
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watered by the blood of revolution
every generation.''

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And I think that's a little exaggerated,
but there's some truth to that.

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[Man On P.A.] The war had come
to Westchester County,

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but so too had independence
and a new responsibility.

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Men are getting killed, men are killing.
That's the parallel.

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As far as politics, are you kidding?
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Oriental politics?
Don't put me on, man.

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[Man]
Fire!

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[Man] We haven"t found his weapon yet.
We"re still looking for it.

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-[Man #2] You got a weapon?
- No, sir.

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He had one, man.
This guy"s got ammo.

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[Man #3]
I"m planning to medivac this guy.

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[Talking, Indistinct]
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[Indistinct]
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[Ellsberg]
The people who are living in the jungle,

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under the bombs, without pay,
without their families,

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are doing so because
they are fighting for independence.

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Because they"re fighting,
in this case, for unification...

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and they"re fighting for revolution.
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-[Man On Radio, Indistinct]
- [Moaning]

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[Moaning Louder]
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Of course,
the name for a conflict...

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in which you're opposing a revolution
is counter-revolution.

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And this is something
We never admitted to ourselves at all.

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It's-It's what we were really doing.
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[Man]
The letters and the reports we had...

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on Ho Chi Minh"s attitude
back in 1946--


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