Speech

Perhaps I could have a sign adapted from the President's inauguration speech:

The time has come to reaffirm our enduring spirit; to choose our better history; to carry forward that precious gift, that noble idea, passed on from generation to generation: the God-given promise that all are equal, all are free, and all deserve a chance to pursue their full measure of happiness.

(W)e reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals. Our Founding Fathers, faced with perils we can scarcely imagine, drafted a charter to assure the rule of law and the rights of man, a charter expanded by the blood of generations. Those ideals still light the world, and we will not give them up for expedience’s sake.

We will not apologize for our way of life, nor will we waver in its defense, and for those who seek to advance their aims by ... slaughtering innocents, we say to you now that our spirit is stronger and cannot be broken; you cannot outlast us.


It is ... a parent’s willingness to nurture a child, that finally decides our fate.

What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility.

Let it be said by our children’s children that when we were tested we refused to let this journey end, that we did not turn back nor did we falter; and with eyes fixed on the horizon and God’s grace upon us, we carried forth that great gift of freedom and delivered it safely to future generations.