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At least I'm sure the President
hopes you all read it.
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This is a recent issue, and there's,
uh, an article in here,
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written by "a keen mind
of the South", who...
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My former vice-president,
John Calhoun, perhaps.
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Could it be?
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Who asserts that "there has never
existed a civilized society
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"in which one segment did not
thrive upon the labour of another.
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"As far back as one chooses to look,
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"to ancient times, to Biblical times,
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"history bears this out.
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"In Eden, where only two
were created.
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"Even there, one was pronounced
subordinate to the other.
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"Slavery has always been with us,
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"and is neither sinful nor immoral.
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"Rather, as war and antagonism
are the natural states of man,
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"so, too, slavery, as natural
as it is inevitable."
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Well, gentlemen, I differ with
the keen minds of the South,
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and with our president,
who apparently shares their views,
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offering that the natural state
of mankind is instead -
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and I know this is
a controversial idea -
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is freedom.
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Is freedom.
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The proof is the length to which
a man, woman or child will go
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to regain it, once taken.
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He will break loose his chains.
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He will...decimate his enemies.
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He will try and try and try,
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against all odds,
against all prejudices,
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to get home.
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Cinque, would you stand up,
if you would,
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so everyone can see you: