Independence Day - President Speech [Full HD]

The President: Good morning. In less than an hour, aircraft from here will join others from around the world. And you will be launching the largest aerial battle in this history of mankind.

Mankind -- that word should have new meaning for all of us today.

We can't be consumed by our petty differences anymore.

We will be united in our common interests.

Perhaps its fate that today is the 4th of July, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom, not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution -- but from annihilation.

We're fighting for our right to live, to exist.

And should we win the day, the 4th of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day when the world declared in one voice:

We will not go quietly into the night!

We will not vanish without a fight!

We're going to live on!

We're going to survive!

Today, we celebrate our Independence Day!

-- Independence Day (1996), Director: Roland Emmerich, Writers: Dean Devlin, Roland Emmerich. Stars: Will Smith (Captain Steven Hiller), Bill Pullman (President Thomas J. Whitmore), Jeff Goldblum (David Levinson).

[Steve]

Probably the greatest speech from a fictional USA President ever.

[Hortonfantastic]

I bet more Americans know this speech by heart than any speech made by a real president in the past 25 years.

[TCrazy]

"and you will once again be fighting for our freedom, not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution -- but from annihilation."

My god what a powerful statement.

[PumaVoid]

“In one voice the world declared, we will not go quietly into the night, we will not vanish without a fight” still gives me goosebumps.

[evanboll]

I have never felt more patriotic. I'm Canadian. Maybe it's more about patriotism for humanity then any one nation.

[geneil]

The moment you realize a movie character is more presidential than an actual president

[NeroGraih]

I'm not even American and I wanna celebrate independence day.

[bestnivealive]

I would follow this president to the end of the world. That was awesome

[trinaclark]

Who else is watching this today and thinking "Damn, so very true."

[marcuswilliamcook]

The Most Powerful Speech in Film History

[ironfae]

This scene STILL fills my heart with patriotic pride!

[arctik]

I love the little touch at the very beginning, where the president realizes the microphone isn't on yet. Strangely relatable.

[jamieolberding]

"Good morning. Good morning. In less than an hour, aircraft from here will join others from around the world, and you will be launching the largest aerial battle in the history of mankind. Mankind, that word should have new meaning for all of us today. We can't be consumed by our petty differences any more. We will be united in our common interest. Perhaps it's fate that today is the 4th of July, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom. Not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution, but from annihilation. We're fighting for our right to live, to exist, and should we win the day, the 4th of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day when the world declared in one voice, 'We will not go quietly into the night! We will not vanish without a fight! We're going to live on, we're going to survive.' Today we celebrate our independence day!"

President Thomas Whitmore
July 4th, 1996 (still a very good movie speech about freedom from a evil foe]

[cloudygor]

Not only this is the best Presidential speech in a movie.
1:42 has the best movie extra ever, we owe him a grammy for that salute.

[siriusblack]

Happy Independence day 2019. The greatest speech in the movie history

[midnighto.g]

I still get goosebumps listening to this speech, I was a kid when I first saw this movie and it inspired me to become an American Air Force Pilot. 2020 🇺🇲🇺🇸🇺🇲🇺🇸 Happy Independence Day!

[matpauen]

I used this speech to boost the morale of my staff to fight COVID-19 ...they reacted just like

[davobard]

Bill Pullman absolutely owned this movie with this speech. Goosebumps every single time I watch to it.

[nathanjordan]

It’s always gotten a good chuckle out of me that Bill Pullman’s two biggest roles are highly dignified POTUS and Space Bum in a Winnebago

[protoculture]

Still remember seeing it in the theater back in 96 and the audience went wild in this scene