Republic. I like the sound of the word. It means people can live free, talk free, go or come, buy or sell, be drunk or sober. However they choose.

Davy Crockett (John Wayne)

13 seconds sound clip from the The Alamo (1960) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:30:44.958 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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- Were you going to tell my Tennesseans that a good many men, sound men all, had a plot to ease the suffering of the people in these parts?

- Or were you going to tell them that Steve Austin, Houston and others and you too, Travis, had planned to declare for a republic? To declare this the Republic of Texas?

- Were you gonna tell 'em that, Travis?

- I hadn't thought this was generally known.

- It isn't yet.

- Not till Austin separates the sheep from the goats. Not till he decides who's on the right side.

- Republic. I like the sound of the word. It means people can live free, talk free, go or come, buy or sell, be drunk or sober. However they choose.

- Some words give you a feeling. Republic is one of those words that makes me tight in the throat. Same tightness a man gets when his baby takes his first step or his first baby shaves and makes his first sound like a man.

- Some words can give you a feeling that makes your heart warm. Republic is one of those words.

- I have, I believe, learned two things about you.

- Worthwhile, I hope.

- You're not the illiterate country bumpkin you would have people believe. You speak an excellent and concise English when you wish. The bad grammar is a pose.

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