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From the Ted Talk by Lawrence Lessig: We the People, and the Republic we must reclaim

Unscramble the Blue Letters


(Laughter)

And so when the pundits and the pinliticaos say that change is ilmssbiope, what this love of cnrutoy says back is, "That's just irrelevant." We lose something dear, something everyone in this room loves and cherishes, if we lose this republic, and so we act with everything we can to prove these pundits wrong.

So here's my question: Do you have that love? Do you have that love? Because if you do, then what the hell are you, what are the hell are we doing?

When Ben Franklin was carried from the constitutional convention in September of 1787, he was stopped in the street by a woamn who said, "Mr. frailknn, what have you wrought?" Franklin said, "A republic, madam, if you can keep it." A republic. A rnatsieprevtee drcaemcoy. A government dependent upon the people alone. We have lost that republic. All of us have to act to get it back.

Open Cloze


(Laughter)

And so when the pundits and the ___________ say that change is __________, what this love of _______ says back is, "That's just irrelevant." We lose something dear, something everyone in this room loves and cherishes, if we lose this republic, and so we act with everything we can to prove these pundits wrong.

So here's my question: Do you have that love? Do you have that love? Because if you do, then what the hell are you, what are the hell are we doing?

When Ben Franklin was carried from the constitutional convention in September of 1787, he was stopped in the street by a _____ who said, "Mr. ________, what have you wrought?" Franklin said, "A republic, madam, if you can keep it." A republic. A ______________ _________. A government dependent upon the people alone. We have lost that republic. All of us have to act to get it back.

Solution


  1. representative
  2. woman
  3. democracy
  4. impossible
  5. franklin
  6. country
  7. politicians

Original Text


(Laughter)

And so when the pundits and the politicians say that change is impossible, what this love of country says back is, "That's just irrelevant." We lose something dear, something everyone in this room loves and cherishes, if we lose this republic, and so we act with everything we can to prove these pundits wrong.

So here's my question: Do you have that love? Do you have that love? Because if you do, then what the hell are you, what are the hell are we doing?

When Ben Franklin was carried from the constitutional convention in September of 1787, he was stopped in the street by a woman who said, "Mr. Franklin, what have you wrought?" Franklin said, "A republic, madam, if you can keep it." A republic. A representative democracy. A government dependent upon the people alone. We have lost that republic. All of us have to act to get it back.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


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  6. constitutional
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  10. democracy
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  16. irrelevant
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  18. lose
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  25. prove
  26. pundits
  27. representative
  28. republic
  29. room
  30. september
  31. stopped
  32. street
  33. woman
  34. wrong
  35. wrought