National Treasure
prev.
play.
mark.
next.

:26:02
pursuing invariably the same object,
:26:05
evinces a design to reduce them
under absolute despotism,

:26:09
it is their right, it is their duty
to throw off such government

:26:12
and provide new guards
for their future security. "

:26:17
People don't talk that way any more.
:26:20
Beautiful, huh?
:26:23
- No idea what you said.
- It means, if there's something wrong,

:26:26
those who have the ability to take action
have the responsibility to take action.

:26:35
I'm gonna steal it.
:26:40
What?
:26:42
I'm gonna steal
the Declaration of Independence.

:26:50
Ben?
:26:53
This is... huge.
:26:55
It's prison huge.
:26:58
You are gonna go to prison,
you know that?

:27:00
Yeah, probably.
:27:03
So that would bother most people.
:27:06
Lan's gonna try and steal it. And if he
succeeds, he'll destroy the Declaration.

:27:10
The fact is, the only way to protect
the Declaration is to steal it.

:27:14
It's upside down.
:27:18
I don't think there's a choice.
:27:21
Ben, for God's sakes,
:27:23
it's like stealing a national monument. OK?
:27:27
It's like stealing him.
:27:29
It can't be done. Not shouldn't be done.
It can't be done.

:27:35
Let me prove it to you.
:27:37
OK, Ben, pay attention.
:27:40
I've brought you to the Library of Congress.
:27:43
Why? Because it's the biggest library
in the world.

:27:46
Over 20 million books.
:27:48
And they're all saying
the same exact thing:

:27:51
Listen to Riley.
:27:53
What we have here, my friend,
is an entire layout of the archives.

:27:58
Short of builders' blueprints.

prev.
next.