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I told this to Oliver stone

many months ago.

I said my theory is

all the monuments

in DC have

those massive pillars.

I think that's to represent

the weight of freedom,

that it's so much weight

to bear on an American,

to bear the weight

and responsibility of freedom.

It's like putting

four cinder blocks

in your backpack.

That's like, [Groans].

It's an extra 50 pounds

just to lug freedom around,

and defend it

and maintain it.

You need to clip the grass,

you need to make sure the roof

doesn't leak,

you cannot squander it,

or take it for granted,

or hide behind it.

You must always be

in front of it.

And I think Lenny Bruce

was one of those guys

who always stood

in front of it.

Sometimes naively.

Or sometimes in

a confrontational way.

Well, let's see what happens

when we do pretend

the constitution's

going to work.

That we do pretend

that we're living

in the land of the free

and the home of the brave,

let's see what happens.

And he found out

what happens.

The cops pull

your pants down

and take an embarrassing

photo of you,

and you are looking

at enormous legal bills

and strife because

you said a word.

That girls say

all the time now

at girl scout meetings.

I mean...

He leaves behind

a real lesson.

And the only danger

in America is that we

we either don't--

we choose not to learn it

or we choose

to ignore it

or we choose

to forget it.

Or we choose

to ignore it

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