Born on the Fourth of July Page #10
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- 1989
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scared.
I raised my rifle
three times...
and... shots...
The body fell
in the dunes.
God, this is...
this is very difficult
for me to say.
We don't have
to hear this, Ron.
But I think I was the one
that killed your son.
I was the one.
I was the one.
I was the one.
What's done
is done, sir.
I can't ever
forgive you...
but maybe the Lord can.
We understand, Ron.
We understand the pain
you've been going through.
Peace now!
Peace now!
Peace now!
Peace now!
Peace now!
Bring our brothers
home now!
Bring our brothers
home now!
Bring our brothers
home now!
Bring our brothers
home now!
Bring our brothers
home now!
1, 2, 3, 4,
we don't want
your f***ing war!
1, 2, 3, 4,
we don't want
your f***ing war!
1, 2, 3, 4,
we don't want
your f***ing war!
1, 2, 3, 4,
we don't want
your f***ing war!
1, 2, 3, 4,
we don't want
your f***ing war!
1, 2, 3, 4,
we don't want
your f***ing war!
1, 2, 3, 4,
we don't want
your f***ing war!
Bring our brothers
home now!
Drugs. Marijuana.
Traffic violations.
Separate the hippies.
Tonight, I again proudly
accept your nomination
for President
of the United States.
And let us place ourselves
to win an even
greater victory
this November in 1972.
Four more years!
Four more years!
Four more years!
Four more years!
Four more years!
Four more years!
Four more years!
Four more years!
Four more years!
Can I break through
your complacency?
Do you have compassion
for the people
suffering in this war?
I'm telling you
this war is a crime!
I'm not as bitter
about my wounds...
Who do you
think you are?
Can I help you, sir?
You can't come through.
You can't
come through, sir.
I have a pass.
Who are these people?
You can't stop us!
You can't stop me!
You can't stop me!
Why are you
here tonight?
What do you
have to say?
My name's Ron Kovic.
I'm a Vietnam veteran.
I'm here to say
this war is wrong,
that this society lied
to me and my brothers...
Why don't you
shut up?
It deceived the people
in this country.
It tricked them
into going 13,000 miles
to fight a war against
a poor peasant people
who have a proud history
of resistance,
who have been struggling
for their own independence
for 1,000 years...
the Vietnamese people.
I can't... I can't find
the words to express
how the leadership
of this government sickens me.
Now, people say...
people say if you
don't love America,
then get the hell out.
Well, I love America,
but when it comes
to the government,
The government is
They are rapists
and robbers.
We are here to say
we don't
have to take it any more.
We are here
to tell the truth.
They're killing
our brothers in Vietnam.
We want them
to hear the truth.
Traitor!
What are you,
a communist?
Is this what we get,
spit in the face?
Is this what we get?
Is this what we get, sir?
Spit in the face?
We're never going
to let the people
forget that war!
Four more years!
You're not sweeping it
under the rug
because you didn't
like the ratings.
This wheelchair,
our wheelchairs,
this steel, our steel
is your Memorial Day
on wheels.
We're your Yankee
Doodle Dandy come home.
We're your
Yankee Doodle Dandy.
Let's reject any philosophy
that would make us
Stop the bombing!
Stop the war!
Stop the bombing!
Stop the war!
Stop the bombing!
Stop the war!
Some sort of scuffle
has broken out
on the convention floor,
disabled veterans
protesting the Vietnam War.
We'll try to
get down there.
Why are they gassing us
in the parking lot?
Why are they fighting us?
Because it's a lie.
The truth is
they've killed a generation
of young men.
They have sacrificed
a whole generation
of young men.
Stop the bombing!
Stop the bombing!
Communists!
Communists!
Stop the bombing!
Stop the war!
Stop the bombing!
Stop the war!
Traitor!
Go home!
I say to you tonight...
in these times,
when there is so much
of a tendency
to run down those
who have served America
in the past and today,
let's give those
who have served in Vietnam
the honour and the respect
that they deserve
and that they've earned.
1, 2, 3, 4,
we don't want
your f***ing war!
1, 2, 3, 4,
we don't want
your f***ing war!
Get the car!
Get the car!
Shut the f*** up!
You're under arrest,
Kovic! Come on!
What?
Shut up!
You're a pig?
You should've died over there,
you traitor.
I don't have balance.
Give me
your hands!
O.K., I'll go
with you!
I'm not
under arrest.
I don't have to...
Hey, take it easy!
Get your hands
behind you!
I'm paralysed!
Get those cameras
out of here!
Hey!
Hey!
I'm paralysed!
Get in the f***ing car!
Hey!
Hey!
My chair!
My ch...
Stop it!
Tactical line!
Advance and disperse
the crowd!
The whole world's
watching!
Let me go!
You O.K.?
Doc, is he O.K.?
I'm O.K.
How we doing here?
How many fingers
you got?
Your head is cut.
Anyplace else
hurting?
I'm O.K.
Where's my chair?
Where's my chair?
Bring his
chair over!
You're cut
over your eye.
The media's got
to see this.
We heard you
shouted down Nixon.
Eddie was arrested,
they beat Peterson,
O'Malley's
gassed real bad,
and Piscatelli's
got a concussion!
It's a f***ing mess over there!
Frankie, bring the
media to the gate.
What?
The pigs are coming!
They're clearing the park!
They've arrested
like 30 people...
O.K., O.K., listen up!
Listen up.
Hey, hey, hey!
We're going
to take the hall back.
You hear?
We're going
to the gate,
we're gonna take
the motherfucking hall back.
Fall out! Let's move!
1, 2, 3, 4,
we don't want
your f***ing war!
1, 2, 3, 4,
we don't want
your f***ing war!
1, 2, 3, 4,
we don't want
your f***ing war!
Let us reject the notion
of politics of the few,
by the few,
and for the few.
We dedicate ourselves
to the notion
this is a government
of the people,
by the people,
and for all the people,
black, brown, red,
yellow, white, women,
young, old,
workers, students.
This is our land
in this country.
Ransom, the feminist,
she's six minutes over.
I've got
the Jackson people
breathing down my neck.
Who follows?
It won't
be a problem.
You're next.
Mr Kovic?
We're just about
ready for you.
Can I get you
anything?
Coke, iced tea?
Let's do it.
O.K., Ron.
It's your time.
It's been a long way
to get here.
Tell them what
it is, Ron!
Come on, Ronnie!
Go get them, man.
For Eddie, man.
Ronnie for president!
- Whoo!
- Whoo!
The whole world's
watching. I love you.
All right, Frankie!
I feel good.
Ronnie for president.
Whoo!
Congratulations.
I love what
you're doing.
Clear a path for me, please.
Stand back.
Thank you.
I had a dream, Ronnie.
You were speaking
to a large crowd,
and you were saying
great things.
Our next speaker
is one
of our Vietnam veterans
who has something
very special to say tonight.
Please!
Please be quiet!
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Submitted on August 05, 2018
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