They contributed 250,000 men to the war effort. They also won some of the earliest victories for the Union. They also refused to give up on the war effort, but not because of liberty for all. They just wanted to convert more poor souls into skinwalkers.
@@davidburros8619 no, he says precisely that no matter how unequal we are doomed to be, we should still be equal under the law. NOT forced equal outcomes.
It's a shame how many people don't have this belief, on either side. I may disagree with everything you stand for, but I will never say you're not allowed to do so.
"This is the face of someone who has fought long and hard for the good of the people without ever having cared much about any of them... and I look a lot worse without my wig."
@@oilybat3269 your response makes no sense the other person was agreeing with you and referring to the incident of Charles Sumner being caned by Preston Brooks
It’s so sad. I cried during this scene. Congressman Stevens had to lie in order to get the amendment through Congress. He believed in equality for all people in all things, not just the law.
Thaddeus Stevens the one who also said that the union general's are armed with a sword in one hand and handcuffs in the other. The same who wished to drive all southern people from their lands and deny any form of reconstruction in the south, denying it to whites and blacks. He was against secession which is written into the declaration of independence and constitutional. The reconstruction was not wanted in the south at the time either by the way in fact no northern aggression or presence was wanted and it had not come about due to slavery either. Mind you this is a Hollywood film. Yes I agree Steven's roasted the delegate from Ohio. But a just and morally superior man he was not. They are politicans they all have green slime in their vains
Hat Rivers I never said I agreed with his version of reconstruction. The Radical Republicans view of reconstruction was unreasonable. However, on the issue of Slavery, he was admirable in his cause. Yes, he was a politician with his own agenda and motives. Yes, he wasn’t perfect. However, I admire his cause and commitment to the abolition of slavery.
@@timothylopez4250 that much I can agree. Such a interesting time period in America with so many factors yet it is always mainly focuses on slavery. Of course slavery was bad we should have enough common respect to assume everyone thinks it's bad when in discussion. If the other party doesn't think it wrong then it will quickly become evident by their own words. Most who fought for the south never owned a slave. It was a rich mans war fought by the poor. Slavery was part of the fight but not what started the fight or even drove secession. The government was working for 1 part of the country and not the other
@@-overdooo- whos morals? who decides what morals are important thats not the job of Govt. because when you have that well there is USSR,China,and nazi germany to look at for examples
@@Pravdacz-tp8zu yes, many believed that blacks should be sent to Liberia or segregated because they thought whites and blacks couldn’t live together in harmony. Thaddeus Stevens actually believed that the two races could live together, he was a great guy.
I had the tremendous pleasure of (purely by accident) attending the unveiling of a monument and statue to Thaddeus Stevens today in Gettysburg, PA. It was a damned good likeness, and looked like he was ready to start busting heads on his way to Washington.
Really cool thing about this scene is that this isn’t scripted, the real Stephens had said these exact words in Congress during these exact arguments. They were able to get the records from this period and added it to the lines that would be read during this scene
Stevens was WAY ahead of his time. Lost Cause propaganda painted him as a "monster" for trying to weaken the power of the planter class and fighting tooth and nail for civil rights for African-Americans. Thankfully, his reputation is on the rise, and this film helped with that.
“The Birth of A Nation” didn’t help, even if he was named Austin Stoneman in that. (Character was based on Stevens and even has club foot with cane and bad wig)
Abolition being a good thing don't mean most yankees in the south don't still deserve a bullet in the leg and a boot across the Mason-Dixon line yeeeeee yeeeee
Today, you get censured for mean tweets about AOC or Ilhan Omar. We need to bring a degree of this kind of politics back, maybe Congress might actually do something.
@@NWA744 People get censored for saying outright racist or sexist as shit, which is what the majority of hate against AOC or Ilhan Omar is. Attacking people for their intrinsic traits such as race, sexuality, gender, etc. is always *evil.* Attacking people because they are a sexist, racist, homophobe is always a morally righteous and upstanding thing to do because sexism, racism, homophobia (as examples and in addition to other things), are *not* intrinsic traits.
This was in my opinion the most powerful scene in this movie there were more powerful scenes but this one topped it in my books this probably my most favorite Tommy Lee Jones character ever
His principles remained and his logic was sound. How can he hold to the truth that all men are created equal when this piece of human garbage is sitting right over there?
Our United States has such a rich and interesting history (good and bad). Shame on those today who want to ignore and even rewrite it. Accept history for what it is - the truth of our past. There is nothing wrong with that.
This is my favorite scene in the entire movie. My dad and I have cracked up several times from retelling this scene to each other. What Thaddeus Stevens says in this scene can definitely be related to modern-day politicians in America. Lol!
People are foolish to believe that the civil war was fought over just one issue, there were multiple factors involved from from the moral issue of slavery, to the money, and state power vs central government power and more.
To understand the american civil war you have to understand the american people historian shelby foot said it weren't about money it were about uniting a nation
@@cinematiccatastrophe8338 yes and the purpose of this movie isn't meant to explore every thing that the civil war was about its purpose is to show all the gears and political schemes it took Lincoln and radical members of Congress to pass the 13 amendment. Yes the civil war was about more than slavery; anyone who's taken a history class pass the third grade knows this but this movie is about Lincoln not the civil war.
Imagine if sit ups were invented for the American military in the 1850s and the four basic food groups were recognized and created in 1876 in the USA and popularized in 1881
I love the little smile he gives his enemy as he finishes his speech. They both know he's lying but the guy can't do anything about it. The smile says "f##k you buddy" in a way that words never could. 😊
Well he wasn't lying he just said how big a piece of shit he though Mr. Wood was... and then related that back to equality before the law, running around what the amendment would mean.
Whenever I feel low, this scene makes me full of positive energy and sometimes I just can't stop laughing seeing the moral carcass from Ohio complaining in the end. This is heck of a powerful scene 😊😀
One thing I’ll always appreciate about this movie is that it brought new public interest in Thaddeus Stevens because he was the central figure among the Radical Republicans and was responsible in large part for the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment.
Such a pivotal moment and so well said. Abolitionists wanted him to say everyone is equal but Stevens masterfully clarified that not everyone is morally equal, rather, everyone should be treated equally before the law and that includes black Americans. Without Thaddeus, abolition would likely have been postponed. Thanks to him and his radical pragmatic approach, we abolished slavery and made clear the south’s position was never coming back. As much as he’s talked about in American history, I don’t think he gets enough credit for his contribution to liberation and Justice. He’s an American hero.
It must be hard to say what you truly believe sometime. Stevens not only wanted FULL equality and voting rights for black people, he wanted them to own land given by former slave owners as well.
Stevens went so far as to have himself buried in an integrated cemetery. His epitaph reads: I repose in this quiet and secluded spot Not from any natural preference for solitude But, finding the other cemeteries limited as to race by Charter Rules, I have chosen this that I might illustrate in my death The principle I advocated through a long life: EQUALITY OF MAN BEFORE HIS CREATOR (emphasis in original) That was an astoundingly progressive sentiment for 1868. It's still a progressive sentiment in some places in America, sadly.
The people in the balcony closing their books is such a good cut in, telling that the people have decided what's right and what is wrong, no votes will be able to stop them anymore.
Mr. Stevens sure was a man who believes that everyone should be equal! Tommy Lee Jones gave a great performance as Thaddeus Stevens. With that I think Stevens deserves recognition and that Tommy Lee Jones should have won for Academy Award
@user-ei2sp1ft7p That's because reparations are racist and evil when you're demanding an entire race of human beings pay for it. Since your Democrats were the ones who committed Slavery in the 1st place, It's your guilty party that should be paying reparations. Not transferring the blame to innocent people based on their skin color, just so you can be a new kind of bigot.
@@StudM01 Sounds like someone is projecting because he can't handle truth. Face the facts, the party of Lincoln has been dead since Roosevelt. And those "racist slave holding democrats" jumped across the aisle way back in the 1960s.
“I can’t say that all men are created equal when here before me stands, stinking, the moral carcass of a gentleman, proof that some men ARE inferior, endowed by their maker with dim wits, impermiable to reason … Even worthless, unworthy you, ought to be treated equally before the law!” Words just as relevant in America now as they were in America then.
the irony: we have this moment in history and then it would take decades later to even consider bringing it up again on a newer, even more important level. we as blacks did not ask to be here. and then to he used up and tossed away, like trash, for years? and then to be hated for it? come on, bruh.
The speaker didn't reprove Stevens at any point (and we gotta admit, this was personally offensive even for 19th-century Congress). Even the least biased of em all was like "He's got a point!"
@@joewhitehead3 recently i have liked the history of american institution. So that would be my choice. If you have any other movies about political history as well, that would appreciated. Also, thank you alot for providing🙏💜
Just so people don't think George Pendleton was all bad, he did manage to write the Civil Service Act of 1883, which required civil service jobs to be filled based on merit (as determined through competitive examination) rather than based on political patronage. Unfortunately, Pres. Trump didn't get the memo about that.
Trump has hired people of all backgrounds. Including Male and female. If you aren't Male or female, he, along with the rest of America, have drawn the line at the criminally insane. You're to fucked up to hire. Js
@@fatcatnwo Yeah Vinista was not talking about bills Trump passed, he was talking about his appointees in the administration, given power, not by examination of qualifications, but by means to build on his idealistic narcissistic agendas. He is now in fact passing an executive order (13957) to be able to fire federal employees inducing means of corruption and, in its very least, builds indirect intimidation to advisors. Meaning workers will be coerced to be loyal to the president in order to maintain their position. All federal advisors very jobs are to think freely against executives agendas to maintain non-corruption and they should not be fire because they don't agree with the president. Trumps views on this can be evident between the arguments of Anthony Fauci and Trump, Fauci believing more policies should be put in place for covid, Trump arguing that we can't leave the country in limbo because of a virus. #adolfhitler
the first man to realise the danger of Ohio
Truly ahead of his time, Ohio is the greatest threat to human civilization
They contributed 250,000 men to the war effort.
They also won some of the earliest victories for the Union.
They also refused to give up on the war effort, but not because of liberty for all. They just wanted to convert more poor souls into skinwalkers.
@Dallas Jon Paul Grove see, we may have had the same enemy, but we Ohioans are always looking for more ways to convert people to skinwalkers.
Ohio, also known as Lincoln era Florida, has its own version of the infamous Florida Man legend; Ohio Man.
Grant and Sherman were from Ohio. That's the only good thing that came out of it.
You know you’re roasted when all you can say is “HOW DARE YOU”
just ask greta
Pierce Morgan.
The ancient version of just laughing and saying "this nigga."
@@elvinsmatthew Might as well ask her handlers directly.
Yep, Pendleton is toast!
Thaddeus Stevens is really America’s forgotten hero.
Overshadowed by Lincoln
Thanks Palpatine.
Pennsylvania's political badass of the Civil War era
You're so right man!
@K S parties switched ideologies. Everyone should know that.
C-SPAN must have been so much fun to watch, then.
LMMMAO this comment was epic
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Lol yes American politics was much nastier in the 19th century compared to today
@@greenlime1997 Good
Yeah, they're coming out with a documentary about it. It's called "News of the World"
“…even worthless, unworthy you ought to be treated equally before the law!”
That's what freedom is.
100% 1000%...
@@JMT1985MO no, this is what equality is
@@davidburros8619 no, he says precisely that no matter how unequal we are doomed to be, we should still be equal under the law. NOT forced equal outcomes.
The best scene in the movie; he finds a way to advocate for his beliefs while still managing to swallow his pride and say what needed to be said.
And delivering a very lethal burn in the process!
Thaddeus Stevens 1792-1868
My Hero. RIP
I do like in recent years how the 1850s and 60s radical Republicans are getting more attention and love
He would be appalled to see what the GOP is like today!
@aadarsh And THAT is saying something!
@@Elizabeththegreatest, yeah.
@@Elizabeththegreatest anyone from any point before 1960 would be appalled to see what the US is in general today
One of the greatest men, politically and morally, ever to sit in congress. God bless Representative Stevens.
some questions regarding punitiveness toward the country etc but yea
Punishment for the South was popular. Wdym?@mareksicinski3726
"Mister speaker!"
"I can't- I can't do anything man you got ratio'd so hard I can't even hear you."
"I think you're a POS but I feel you're entitled to the same rights as I am, regardless of how much we disagree on them" is my political beliefs
It's a shame how many people don't have this belief, on either side. I may disagree with everything you stand for, but I will never say you're not allowed to do so.
That's how fascists take over democracies. Intolerant cannot be tolerated.
I love this scene. I know it's fictionalized a bit but Thaddeus Stevens was, as the kids say, based AF.
He was a great man who didn’t give a damn
Based
Not exactly - he said some of those things.
Oh you SOB, I shouldn't be laughing so hard XD
@Royal Scale didn't know that. Makes me love him even more. Thank you!
This speech could be applied to so many politicians today.
“Even worthless unworthy you” would be a game changer lmao
"This is the face of someone who has fought long and hard for the good of the people without ever having cared much about any of them... and I look a lot worse without my wig."
The very definition of a Byronic hero.
That line is from a different scene, but that, too, is 200-proof Stevens.
“I miss when American politics wasn’t violent and polarized”
The 1870s:
Guess you haven’t heard about the canning incident 😂😂😂
@@KingKing-cz6xh I guess you haven’t heard of the Civil War
This was 1865.
It was much the same in the 1870s though.
@@oilybat3269 your response makes no sense the other person was agreeing with you and referring to the incident of Charles Sumner being caned by Preston Brooks
Neither have you it wasn’t in the 1870’s dum dum lol
It’s so sad. I cried during this scene. Congressman Stevens had to lie in order to get the amendment through Congress. He believed in equality for all people in all things, not just the law.
Yeah. If he had been outright about it, he probably woulda spooked a stronger opposition.
he did what he had to in order to sell it to congress, to the press. Times were different then and he used the hand he was dealt with and got it done
Thaddeus Stevens the one who also said that the union general's are armed with a sword in one hand and handcuffs in the other. The same who wished to drive all southern people from their lands and deny any form of reconstruction in the south, denying it to whites and blacks. He was against secession which is written into the declaration of independence and constitutional. The reconstruction was not wanted in the south at the time either by the way in fact no northern aggression or presence was wanted and it had not come about due to slavery either. Mind you this is a Hollywood film. Yes I agree Steven's roasted the delegate from Ohio. But a just and morally superior man he was not. They are politicans they all have green slime in their vains
Hat Rivers I never said I agreed with his version of reconstruction. The Radical Republicans view of reconstruction was unreasonable. However, on the issue of Slavery, he was admirable in his cause. Yes, he was a politician with his own agenda and motives. Yes, he wasn’t perfect. However, I admire his cause and commitment to the abolition of slavery.
@@timothylopez4250 that much I can agree. Such a interesting time period in America with so many factors yet it is always mainly focuses on slavery. Of course slavery was bad we should have enough common respect to assume everyone thinks it's bad when in discussion. If the other party doesn't think it wrong then it will quickly become evident by their own words. Most who fought for the south never owned a slave. It was a rich mans war fought by the poor. Slavery was part of the fight but not what started the fight or even drove secession. The government was working for 1 part of the country and not the other
Pendleton: Exists
Thaddeus Stevens: "And I took that personally."
"You are more reptile than man, George." There's something so perfect about this tirade to cap it off using your adversaries first name in Congress.
Such a well acted powerful film
Yes! Yes! And Yes!
Even still!!
EQUALLITY BEFORE THE LAW!!
at the end of the day what greater form of equality is there?
@@elvinsmatthew moral equality
@@-overdooo- whos morals? who decides what morals are important thats not the job of Govt. because when you have that well there is USSR,China,and nazi germany to look at for examples
@@elvinsmatthew you my respect sir
@@ethandavis1003 thanks
The Gentlemen from Ohio: *Is racist*
Thaddeus Stevens: I'm about to end this man's whole career
lol
Everybody at that time was racist. It was just widely varying degrees. Stevens was likely the one outlier. Perhaps literally one in a million.
well most of the people in this room were racist
@@Pravdacz-tp8zu yes, many believed that blacks should be sent to Liberia or segregated because they thought whites and blacks couldn’t live together in harmony. Thaddeus Stevens actually believed that the two races could live together, he was a great guy.
It was a bit more than JUST being racist..
I had the tremendous pleasure of (purely by accident) attending the unveiling of a monument and statue to Thaddeus Stevens today in Gettysburg, PA. It was a damned good likeness, and looked like he was ready to start busting heads on his way to Washington.
Really cool thing about this scene is that this isn’t scripted, the real Stephens had said these exact words in Congress during these exact arguments. They were able to get the records from this period and added it to the lines that would be read during this scene
Lincoln was an amazing president but there were real American heroes along side him like this man. Long live a free America
Stevens was WAY ahead of his time. Lost Cause propaganda painted him as a "monster" for trying to weaken the power of the planter class and fighting tooth and nail for civil rights for African-Americans. Thankfully, his reputation is on the rise, and this film helped with that.
“The Birth of A Nation” didn’t help, even if he was named Austin Stoneman in that. (Character was based on Stevens and even has club foot with cane and bad wig)
Abolition being a good thing don't mean most yankees in the south don't still deserve a bullet in the leg and a boot across the Mason-Dixon line yeeeeee yeeeee
"I do not hold equality in all things, just equality before the law" powerful
We need a guy like this now.
I love the insults they came up with back in the day. It makes the ones we use now a days seem so boring.
live in australia you would be amazed what we call each other
Today, you get censured for mean tweets about AOC or Ilhan Omar. We need to bring a degree of this kind of politics back, maybe Congress might actually do something.
@@NWA744 I didn’t hear any racial slurs from Stevens in this video though?
@@wildfire9280 Nobody said he did?
@@NWA744 People get censored for saying outright racist or sexist as shit, which is what the majority of hate against AOC or Ilhan Omar is. Attacking people for their intrinsic traits such as race, sexuality, gender, etc. is always *evil.*
Attacking people because they are a sexist, racist, homophobe is always a morally righteous and upstanding thing to do because sexism, racism, homophobia (as examples and in addition to other things), are *not* intrinsic traits.
HOOOOOOOW DAAAAAAARE YOOOOOOU!
he didnt have to put emphasis on stinking but he still did 😭
This was in my opinion the most powerful scene in this movie there were more powerful scenes but this one topped it in my books this probably my most favorite Tommy Lee Jones character ever
you can see it building to it.
That is a hero, had set aside ones principles even to a moment, but he helped move a country a little more in the right direction
it is not rly setting aside
His principles remained and his logic was sound. How can he hold to the truth that all men are created equal when this piece of human garbage is sitting right over there?
He did. His ideals are equality in all things, and he had to compromise on them. @mareksicinski3726
This movie made me know that the Freedom we enjoy today, pple suffered nd died for it.
People suffer and die regardless, though in that case their suffering was at least towards something productive.
Our United States has such a rich and interesting history (good and bad). Shame on those today who want to ignore and even rewrite it. Accept history for what it is - the truth of our past. There is nothing wrong with that.
"Even worthless, unworthy you ought to be treated equally before the law."-that's what this has always been about.
“And another thing, your hair.”
Mic drop!
"You are more reptile than man, George."
See, he used his first name, so now it's a shoot.
Thaddeus the Chaddeus
The Thad Thaddeus Stevens
Best roaster in congress since 1861.
This is my favorite scene in the entire movie. My dad and I have cracked up several times from retelling this scene to each other. What Thaddeus Stevens says in this scene can definitely be related to modern-day politicians in America. Lol!
I've watched this movie a dozen times and I get tears in my eyes just watching it
Sadly this movie is just fiction, the civil war was about money.
DracoReptoidsExposed you simpleminded, the state of the union was on the line🤦♂️
People are foolish to believe that the civil war was fought over just one issue, there were multiple factors involved from from the moral issue of slavery, to the money, and state power vs central government power and more.
To understand the american civil war you have to understand the american people historian shelby foot said it weren't about money it were about uniting a nation
@@cinematiccatastrophe8338 yes and the purpose of this movie isn't meant to explore every thing that the civil war was about its purpose is to show all the gears and political schemes it took Lincoln and radical members of Congress to pass the 13 amendment. Yes the civil war was about more than slavery; anyone who's taken a history class pass the third grade knows this but this movie is about Lincoln not the civil war.
Man the abolitionists in their day spit fire.
But many were still racists.
But not Stevens.
He was an honorable American.
One of them spat so much fire he almost got caned to death by brooks
This is propaganda done by a Zionist (Steven Spielberg)
@@kayvan671 Thaddeus Stevens and George Boutwell were the greatest Republican politicians of the 19th century.
"HOW DAHHHH YOU!" Is probably and equally good response to the roast.
its what you reach for when you know your beaten and not man enough to admit it.
Imagine if we had legislators of this character, moral clarity and willpower in Congress today…. O how blessed our republic would be.
Imagine if sit ups were invented for the American military in the 1850s and the four basic food groups were recognized and created in 1876 in the USA and popularized in 1881
One of the best roasts since Hamilton’s open letter to President John Adams
I love the little smile he gives his enemy as he finishes his speech. They both know he's lying but the guy can't do anything about it. The smile says "f##k you buddy" in a way that words never could. 😊
Well he wasn't lying he just said how big a piece of shit he though Mr. Wood was... and then related that back to equality before the law, running around what the amendment would mean.
@@austinlevreault6211 yes, he isn't being dishonest at all. He meant every word spoken
It's a look that says,
"I win."
Just visited his grave yesterday.
We're lucky to have his grave and John Reynolds'.
Course that's kinda canceled out by Buchanan.
Whenever I feel low, this scene makes me full of positive energy and sometimes I just can't stop laughing seeing the moral carcass from Ohio complaining in the end. This is heck of a powerful scene 😊😀
1800s Congress was Twitter in real life
Pendleton really fucked up by antagonizing Stevens so in that exchange. It allowed Stevens to make a point that satisfied the argument
That’s who George was? The 1864 vice presidential candidate?
Sally Field and Tommy L. Jones DESERVED The Academy Award
One thing I’ll always appreciate about this movie is that it brought new public interest in Thaddeus Stevens because he was the central figure among the Radical Republicans and was responsible in large part for the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment.
Such a pivotal moment and so well said. Abolitionists wanted him to say everyone is equal but Stevens masterfully clarified that not everyone is morally equal, rather, everyone should be treated equally before the law and that includes black Americans. Without Thaddeus, abolition would likely have been postponed. Thanks to him and his radical pragmatic approach, we abolished slavery and made clear the south’s position was never coming back. As much as he’s talked about in American history, I don’t think he gets enough credit for his contribution to liberation and Justice. He’s an American hero.
he is basically the iron man of america back then
I'm a simple man. I see Tommy Lee Jones, I like 👍🏾
I need to watch this movie again. Daniel, Sally & Tommy. It does not get any better in cinema than that.
One of the most powerful scenes in all of movie entertainment.
I see in much of the Democratic party today what was in Thaddeus Stevens then. He was a great man period.
The Demonrat party is nothing like this today. They can only dream of being this intelligent.
Imagine walking into a city or county council meeting and speaking to them like this. God damn a man can dream.
Lemme just makes a mental note of some of these insults
0:45 Can we just appreciate what an underrated soundtrack this movie has?
“Even worthless unworthy you….”
us Australians are with you Canadians. use lead slugs on the basted
That is the most artful dodge ever displayed in any movie.
It must be hard to say what you truly believe sometime. Stevens not only wanted FULL equality and voting rights for black people, he wanted them to own land given by former slave owners as well.
That aspect of Reconstruction was never attempted. The Radical Repubs never held the Presidency.
@@dovbarleib3256 if only john c fremont became president
Stevens went so far as to have himself buried in an integrated cemetery. His epitaph reads:
I repose in this quiet and secluded spot
Not from any natural preference for solitude
But, finding the other cemeteries limited as to race
by Charter Rules,
I have chosen this that I might illustrate in my death
The principle I advocated through a long life:
EQUALITY OF MAN BEFORE HIS CREATOR
(emphasis in original)
That was an astoundingly progressive sentiment for 1868. It's still a progressive sentiment in some places in America, sadly.
Thad the Gigachad
He CRUSHED this part
The people in the balcony closing their books is such a good cut in, telling that the people have decided what's right and what is wrong, no votes will be able to stop them anymore.
How weird is it seeing tommy lee jones in MIB playing a secret agent and then seeing him play a character from 100’s of years ago 😂
This only happened about 150 years ago.
Mr. Stevens sure was a man who believes that everyone should be equal! Tommy Lee Jones gave a great performance as Thaddeus Stevens. With that I think Stevens deserves recognition and that Tommy Lee Jones should have won for Academy Award
Absolutely ground shaking
The Congress version of a rap battle.
People ask if Stevens really said these things. The answer is , Absolutely Yes !
My best scene for my life❤
Congressman Stevens would be rolling in his grave if he knew what his party would become today.
party is the same as it always has been
@@elvinsmatthew Wrong, Republicans are openly against reparations for slavery.
You're thinking of the democrats buddy, you were just dumb enough to get brainwashed into thinking otherwise.
@user-ei2sp1ft7p That's because reparations are racist and evil when you're demanding an entire race of human beings pay for it.
Since your Democrats were the ones who committed Slavery in the 1st place, It's your guilty party that should be paying reparations.
Not transferring the blame to innocent people based on their skin color, just so you can be a new kind of bigot.
@@StudM01 Sounds like someone is projecting because he can't handle truth. Face the facts, the party of Lincoln has been dead since Roosevelt. And those "racist slave holding democrats" jumped across the aisle way back in the 1960s.
Imagine what he'd say about Marjorie Taylor Green
My mood this morning...😉😊🇺🇸🙏🏼🤙🏼
0:59 is that gale from breaking bad? I did not notice him when I first watched this movie.
“HoW dArE yOu!”
Imagine if the current congress roasted eachother like this, people would actually pay attention.
“I can’t say that all men are created equal when here before me stands, stinking, the moral carcass of a gentleman, proof that some men ARE inferior, endowed by their maker with dim wits, impermiable to reason … Even worthless, unworthy you, ought to be treated equally before the law!”
Words just as relevant in America now as they were in America then.
That was a roast if ive ever seen one
Love this scene!
The Speaker's just sitting there like, yeah no, not going to police this guy while he's spitting straight fire.
That "HOOOOOW DAAAAARE YOOOOOU" would make a pretty great ringtone.
What a Gigachad
What?
@@elvinsmatthew fun to see someone who doesn’t know that term
Thaddeus is based
Awesome performance
That Tommy Lee Jones did not win an Oscar for this is totally beyond me.
This is what I call masterclass acting
I thought Daniel Day Lewis was immaculate and superb as Lincoln. But God damn it, Tommy Lee Jones stole every scene he was in.
:) Still a great scene and still a great speech for a great reason.
the irony: we have this moment in history and then it would take decades later to even consider bringing it up again on a newer, even more important level. we as blacks did not ask to be here. and then to he used up and tossed away, like trash, for years? and then to be hated for it? come on, bruh.
Why does the video description have a random roast of Australia. It's funny, but random.
I would have given anything to have been there that day.
The speaker didn't reprove Stevens at any point (and we gotta admit, this was personally offensive even for 19th-century Congress). Even the least biased of em all was like "He's got a point!"
Movies like this need to be made more often.
There’s plenty of history piece movies
@@joewhitehead3 would you list me something i can watch?
@@momalo1623 Any particular history you’re interested in?
@@joewhitehead3 recently i have liked the history of american institution. So that would be my choice.
If you have any other movies about political history as well, that would appreciated.
Also, thank you alot for providing🙏💜
@@momalo1623 Maybe the musical 1776. It’s about the creating of the Declaration of Independence
Thaddeus describing your modern Democrat! Just goes to show you the more things change in our society, the more they remain the same.
Should see what they are doing in Australia. Seeking apartheid where the one with dark skin has more rights and power then the one that doesn't
Just so people don't think George Pendleton was all bad, he did manage to write the Civil Service Act of 1883, which required civil service jobs to be filled based on merit (as determined through competitive examination) rather than based on political patronage. Unfortunately, Pres. Trump didn't get the memo about that.
Thanks for the info. I'm not American but I am interested in topics such as these.
Trump has hired people of all backgrounds. Including Male and female. If you aren't Male or female, he, along with the rest of America, have drawn the line at the criminally insane. You're to fucked up to hire. Js
@@fatcatnwo He hired his daughter and son-in-law to work in his cabinet. That's what they're referring to.
@@fatcatnwo Yeah Vinista was not talking about bills Trump passed, he was talking about his appointees in the administration, given power, not by examination of qualifications, but by means to build on his idealistic narcissistic agendas. He is now in fact passing an executive order (13957) to be able to fire federal employees inducing means of corruption and, in its very least, builds indirect intimidation to advisors. Meaning workers will be coerced to be loyal to the president in order to maintain their position. All federal advisors very jobs are to think freely against executives agendas to maintain non-corruption and they should not be fire because they don't agree with the president. Trumps views on this can be evident between the arguments of Anthony Fauci and Trump, Fauci believing more policies should be put in place for covid, Trump arguing that we can't leave the country in limbo because of a virus. #adolfhitler
Oh, if only the same thing to could be said to the faces of many of our politicians today.