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YOU DON'T HAVE TO READ THE FEDERALIST PAPERS
OR TO READ THE DOCUMENTS OF AMERICA.
YOU LEARN IT IN THE IMPATIENCE OF THE CROWD.
THEY WANT THEIR BURGER NOW!
THEY'LL SETTLE FOR TEPID IF IT CAN BE FAST.
THAT ENERGY, THAT AMBITION, THAT DRIVE.
THAT SLOUCHING AMERICAN WALK AT INTERSECTIONS
THE PACE OF TRAFFIC, THE ASSERTION OF NEON.
THESE ARE NOT THINGS YOU NEED TO LEARN ABOUT IN SCHOOL.
I MEAN, YOU GET THE POINT OF THIS COUNTRY VERY EARLY.
Moyers: IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR
THE CONCLUSION
OF A CONVERSATION WITH RICHARD RODRIGUEZ.
I'M BILL MOYERS.
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