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Transcription: {SPEAKER name="James Forman"}
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The fact is, what makes life worthwhile is the ability and opportunity
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to freely express it and exercise it
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within the confines of what seems to be right
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and helpful for the development of human beings.
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I believe it was a historical figure in the early days of
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our own government that said, in essence, that
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freedom is more important than life itself.
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Patrick Henry, who said "give me liberty or give me death".
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Many people have died for freedom.
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It is something that is very precious, and it must be purchased.
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It isn't given to us, we don't actually inherit it.
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We have to, even if we come into a climate where it exists before we were born, or before we begin to enjoy it,
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to take part in it, we have to defend it.
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We have to be constantly working to preserve it, and keep it.
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It is so precious until there is always somebody or something
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trying to take it away from us.
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So it's something that must be purchased.
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We've got to work for it,
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We- We've got to sometimes fight for it,
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and then when we get it, we've got to defend it to- in order to keep it.
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It costs very dearly,
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It costs tears, it costs blood, it costs life itself.
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And no one selfish, no selfish person,
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can engage in movements of this type
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You certainly have to be an unselfish person,
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A person who is not always expecting to enjoy what he is fighting for.