The most Broadway-heavy political convention in memory — with “Our Fight Song” video full of Broadway talent, and a performance of “What the World Needs Now” by 40 performers from #BroadwayforOrlando – concluded with Hillary Clinton quoting the musical Hamilton near the climax of her acceptance speech:
“You have to keep working to make things better, even when the odds are long and the opposition is fierce.
“We lost our mother a few years ago but I miss her every day. And I still hear her voice urging me to keep working and to keep fighting for right, no matter what. That’s what we need to do together as a nation.
“And though “we may not live to see the glory,” as the song from the musical Hamilton goes, “let us gladly join the fight.” Let our legacy be about “planting seeds in a garden you never get to see.”
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“I will gladly join the fight!” is in two Hamilton songs “The Story of Tonight” and “Tomorrow There’ll be More of Us.”
The second lyric is from “The World was Wide Enough”: “What is a legacy? It’s planting seeds in a garden you never get to see.”
(Transcript of complete speech, annotated)
Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda’s reaction:
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I’m with her.#AndShesBeenListeningToDiscTwo!— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) July 29, 2016
Okay.
Bit of a night.
Back to vacation! pic.twitter.com/4SLAt5EPqy— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) July 29, 2016
I hear these words every night… Always beautiful… But tonight… She made them sing again for me. #ImWithHer https://t.co/An26bxnS0q
— RenéeEliseGoldsberry (@reneeelisegolds) July 29, 2016
