John Adams: [singing in the empty hall] Is anybody there?... Does anybody care?... Does anybody see... what I see?Dr. Lyman Hall: Yes, Mr. Adams, I do.John Adams: Dr. Hall, I didn't know anyone was...Dr. Lyman Hall: I'm sorry if I startled you. I couldn't sleep. In trying to resolve my dilemma I remembered something I'd once read, "that a representative owes the People not only his industry, but his judgment, and he betrays them if he sacrifices it to their opinion." [He smiles] It was written by Edmund Burke, a member of the British Parliament.[He walks to the tally board and changes his 'nay' vote to 'yea' on independence]
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