Ken Howard Biography
Ken Howard (March 28, 1944 — March 23, 2016) was an American actor, best known for his roles in 1776 and on White Shadow. He was the National President of The Screen Actors Guild from 2009 until his death in 2016.
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The Dilemma of Independence and Compromise
Edward Rutledge:
Remove it, or South Carolina will bury, now and forever, your dream of independence.
Dr. Benjamin Franklin:
John, I beg you, consider what you're doing.
John Adams:
Mark me Franklin, if we give in on this issue, posterity will never forgive us.
Dr. Benjamin Franklin:
That's probably true, but we won't hear a thing. We will be long gone. Besides, what will posterity think we were? Demigods? We're men, no more, no less. Trying to get a nation started against greater odds than a more generous God would have allowed. First things first John, independence America. If we don't secure that, what difference will the rest make?
John Adams:
Jefferson, say something.
Thomas Jefferson:
What else is there to do?
John Adams:
Well man, you're the one who wrote it.
Thomas Jefferson:
I wrote all of it, Mr Adams.
John Adams:
There it is Rutledge, you have your slavery, little good may it do you. Now vote, damn you!
Edward Rutledge:
Mr. President, the fair colony of South Carolina, says Yea.
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