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- it would be my pleasure
to introduce you both at court.
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Join us in the courtyard. There is
something l want to share with you.
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A vision.
1:10:30
Fellow dons ...
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All of us can recall the years
when we ruled this country.
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We commanded respect
and amassed a great deal of wealth.
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But we never determined
our own destiny.
1:10:50
The time has come to claim
what always should have been ours.
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My friends ...
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l give you the independent
Republic of California.
1:11:19
Every man here owes you something.
The land we got made us wealthy.
1:11:25
But we must question your motives.
1:11:30
The day you arrived,
you made us look like fools.
1:11:33
- l was merely playing to the crowd.
- And what are you doing now?
1:11:40
You want us to raise arms
against Santa Anna.
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- You know we couldn't defeat him.
- l wasn't suggesting a fight.
1:11:51
l was suggesting that we buy it.
1:11:54
Santa Anna is waging an expensive
war with the United States.
1:11:59
Even if we combined our fortunes
we could not buy this country.