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TJ (Thomas Jefferson): Sam Neill   Sally: Carmen Ejogo   Callender: Rene Auberjonois   Harriet: Amelia Heinle

• lovely.wav -- TJ: You look so lovely. (13k)

 
• lasttime.wav -- TJ: Last time I saw you, you were this tall. (18k)

 
• speakup.wav -- TJ: Speak up, child. No one will hurt you. (22k)

 
• unbearable.wav -- TJ: Life has been unbearable without you. (24k)

 
• goodmind.wav -- TJ: Now my instincts tell me that you have a good mind. (32k)

 
• helpme.wav -- TJ: Help me with this, please. (13k)

 
• goinghome.wav -- TJ: All I think about lately is going home. (23k)

 
• paris.wav -- TJ: Paris is lovely, but if anyone thinks that kings, nobles, or priests are good conservators of public happiness, send them here. (65k)

 
• dontcallme.wav -- TJ: Please don't call me master anymore. (18k)

 
• mywife.wav -- TJ: Right now you look exactly like my wife. (34k)

 
• resemblance.wav -- TJ: The resemblance is uncanny. (18k)

 
• veryclear.wav -- TJ: You have made that very clear, my dear. (22k)

 
• trypatience.wav -- TJ: You are beginning to try my patience. (22k)

 
• howifeel.wav -- TJ: You know how I feel, but this is not the time or the place.... (37k)

 
• slavery.wav -- Sally: May I ask you something?

TJ: By all means, Sally.
Sally: When you wrote the Declaration of Independence, you wrote it for all the people.
TJ: Yes.
Sally: And if all men are created equal, that would mean all Americans.
TJ: All men everywhere. All human beings.
Sally: Including slaves?
TJ: Sally, if you ask my opinion, slavery is an abomination, cruelty against human nature. There's no easy solution. I .. pray to be part of one. (364k)
 
• greaterpart.wav -- TJ: You are the greater part of my heart. And you must never never take that for granted. (53k)

 
• toorash.wav -- TJ: Well, perhaps I was too rash. (25k)

 
• looking.wav -- TJ: I find I enjoy looking at you, Sally. And I so love your touch. I've found I need your touch even when I'm perfectly sound. I cannot explain it. (146k)

 
• wrestled.wav -- TJ: My heart and my head have wrestled with the consequences of this. You are too young and too vulnerable, and you are my... you are in my service. And yet I am happy. (188k)

 
• withyou.wav -- TJ: When I'm with you, I feel again. I... I only feel joy. (61k)

 
• indanger.wav -- TJ: You are in danger here! (17k)

 
• myprotection.wav -- TJ: You are under my protection. (14k)

 
• withoutyou.wav -- TJ: I cannot go back to Monticello without you. Tell me what I must do. (55k)

 
• oath.wav -- TJ: You have my solemn oath. (11k)

 
• myduty.wav -- TJ: It is my duty, and I will serve. (35k)

 
• dance.wav -- TJ: We are home, we are together, and we should all dance. (34k)

 
• notunderstand.wav -- TJ: No, I do not understand. (23k)

 
• makethemost.wav -- TJ: We should make the most of the time that we have. (29k)

 
• bewithyou.wav -- TJ: I long to be with you on our little mountain. (43k)

 
• getoff.wav -- TJ: Get off my property now or I will kill you with my bare hands! (32k)

 
• doasisay.wav -- TJ: You will do as I say! (18k)

 
• privacy.wav -- TJ: Spirited discourse requires privacy, and so do you and I. Sanctum sanctorum! (58k)

 
• beautifulday.wav -- TJ: Beautiful day-- in the Piedmont. (43k)

 
• moveaside.wav -- TJ: Move aside!, Move aside! Let us not stand in the path of progress. (49k)

 
• ornate.wav -- TJ: What is this ornate creation? (23k)

 
• wishyou.wav -- TJ: I wish you long, happy, and fruitful lives. (36k)

 
• lostmind.wav -- TJ:  Have you lost your mind? (15k)

 
• belongtome.wav -- TJ: You belong to me! (13k)

 
• nothing.wav -- TJ: There was nothing I could do. (17k)

 
• slavery2.wav -- Sally: Where do you stand on slavery?

TJ: I have fought against this.
Sally: Not enough.
TJ: I believe so strongly in the cessation of slavery, that I wrote specifically to this issue in my first draft of the Declaration of Independence, and southern delegates, men I respected, tore those passages to shreds, obliterating every reference to slavery. Not one idea survived-- not one.
Sally: Then you must fight again. In Paris you told me this abomination must end. Be true to your words, Thomas. When you become president, you cannot come to my bed, then go to your white Congress and do nothing about this plague on my people. (503k)
 
• blackmail.wav -- TJ: I find it hard to believe that you would attempt to blackmail me in my own home.

Callender: Well, you are a candidate for the presidency of the United States, sir. A delicate business with regard to reputation. (153k)
 
• president.wav -- TJ: I, Thomas Jefferson, solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of the President of the United States.... (72k)

 
• horsewhip.wav -- TJ: I have never in my life horsewhipped a man, but in Callender's case I would be glad to make an exception. (66k)

 
• whathappened.wav -- TJ: What may or may not have happened between me and Miss Hemings is no business of Congress, or anyone else, come to that matter. Now these charges will be ignored. (128k)

 
• response.wav -- TJ: Maybe I should answer these claims and say yes, I am an unattached widower; and yes, I have a black mistress; and yes, I have children by her, and as president, I intend to take the position of my youth and put an end to slavery. (187k)

 
• whatmatter.wav -- TJ: What is the matter with you? Did you not hear me? (27k)

 
• itrust.wav -- TJ: I trust you implicitly in all things. (27k)

 
• wrong.wav -- TJ: In this matter, you are wrong. (25k)

 
• neversold.wav -- TJ: Now to sell Sally would be tantamount to an admission of guilt, but more importantly, Sally is one of our own and she will never be sold. (94k)

 
• manofpeople.wav -- TJ: I'm a man of the people! (15k)

 
• macaroni.wav -- TJ: And although meeting some initial resistance, macaroni has become quite an attraction at these dinners. (63k)

 
• absolutelynot.wav -- TJ: Absolutely not! (11k)

 
• mistaken.wav -- TJ: No, no, you are mistaken. (12k)

 
• outrage.wav -- TJ: This is an outrage. (16k)

 
• monticello.wav -- TJ: Monticello is your home. It will always be your home. You understand? (34k)

 
• bereft.wav -- TJ: I... I was bereft when you would not see me. (29k)

 
• noenter.wav -- TJ: Do not enter! (10k)

 
• heartgoes.wav -- TJ: Now remember my heart goes with you. (24k)

 
• anhour.wav -- TJ: Tell the ambassador I will be at least an hour. (23k)

 
• explanation.wav -- TJ: I believe you owe me an explanation. (24k)

 
• notwelcome.wav -- TJ: You are no longer welcome in this house! Now leave my sight. (61k)

 
• tone.wav -- TJ: What is this tone you have taken with me? (22k)

 
• iwantaword.wav -- TJ: I want a word with you, madam. (23k)

 
• youngerman.wav -- TJ: He tells me that you want a younger man. After all there has been between us, and you want a younger man. (122k)

 
• degradation.wav -- Sally: An amalgamation between whites and blacks produces a degradation to which no one can innocently consent....

TJ: Sally, please!
Sally: Are our children a degradation? Is my mother? Am I?
TJ: I was wrong! (140k)
 
• hateme.wav -- TJ: You don't hate me. You love me. You love me the same way that I love you. (113k)

 
• youown.wav -- TJ: And you own my heart. (21k)

 
• iloveyou.wav -- TJ: I love you. God help me, I do. (44k)

 
• promise.wav -- TJ: You must never, never leave me, and I will always love and honor you. Promise me.

Sally: I do. (195k)
 
• rain.wav -- TJ: Rain? Nonsense! It is too important a day for rain. (37k)

 
• education.wav -- TJ: The children of this rising generation shall be the leaders of the next, and therefore the fires of education must burn forth from these hills throughout the world. So onward, to our next task: the building of the University of Virginia. (191k)

 
• surprises.wav -- TJ: I have some amazing surprises to show you! (30k)

 
• meeting.wav -- TJ: I am already engaged in a meeting. (28k)

 
• epiphany.wav -- TJ: I had an epiphany last night. (24k)

 
• othertime.wav -- TJ: Well, perhaps some other time. As you see, we are somewhat indisposed (55k)

 
• god.wav -- TJ: God will provide. (16k)

 
• garden.wav -- TJ: You have surprised us in our garden like Adam and Eve! (38k)

 
• gunpowder.wav -- TJ: Now education is designed to propel mankind forward. Gunpowder is designed to blow us all to Hell. (62k)

 
• allright.wav -- TJ: Are you all right? (15k)

 
• truth.wav -- TJ: Sometimes, we are hurt because of what we do not say, because we fail to tell the truth.

Harriet: And what truth are you talking about, Papa? (126k)
 
• strength.wav -- TJ: You are strong, and I-- I have come to depend on your strength. (48k)

 
• horseback.wav -- TJ: I'm an old man now, Sally, but a younger one on horseback. (43k)

 
• slavery3.wav -- TJ: I seem to remember that there was a time when I had hoped for the emancipation of all of you, because nothing is more certain than that one day your people will know freedom. But I have failed you in that. And my... my Monticello dream has failed, too, because... because it was based on slavery, which I have always known in my heart was an iniquity. But I did nothing because I... I was afraid and complacent, and that has brought us all to this painful moment. (440k)

 
• creditors.wav -- TJ: We have all been overwhelmed by misfortune. Our plantation no longer supports us. My creditors now own Monticello and all of you, and... and... I am afraid you will all be sold. <weeping> And I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. (344k)

 
• foryou.wav -- TJ: Well I... I... I have something for you here. (29k)

 
• likemother.wav -- TJ: You're not unlike your mother. I know you will fare well. (31k)

 
• playing.wav -- TJ: Would you do me the honor of playing for me one last time? (36k)

 
• time.wav -- TJ: Do you have the time? (11k)

 
• agree.wav -- TJ: Just as well we finally agree on something. (28k)

 
• alwaysloved.wav -- TJ: Forgive me. I never told you enough that I've always loved you. (161k)