On the recordNovember 22, 1999
Freedom of speech, maintenance of personal rights and adherence to the high purpose that in due time became incorporated in the Constitution of the United States have since animated Weymouth's Town Meetings.
Bill Delahunt: “Freedom of speech, maintenance of personal rights and adherence to the high purpose that in due time became incorporated…”
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Discussion on the principles that guided Weymouth's Town Meetings.
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I think it says something about our system, our political system and how, you know, how there are powerful interests that oftentimes, I believe, don't really understand their own interests in the long term.
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I find repugnant and offensive, and again adds to why we need to do--to close Guantanamo and to move forward.
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If we continue to drag this out... we are going to find ourselves in a real serious, severe crisis.
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