Born on the Fourth of July Page #10

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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,

it stops right there.

The government is

a bunch of corrupt thieves.

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

a divided people of America.

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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