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“In the practical art of war, the best thing of all is to take the enemy's country whole and intact; to shatter and destroy it is not so good. So, too, it is better to recapture an army entire than to destroy it, to capture a regiment, a detachment or a company entire than to destroy them. Hence to fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.”-Sun Tzu
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“In the practical art of war, the best thing of all is to take the enemy's country whole and intact; to shatter and destroy it is not so good. So, too, it is better to recapture an army entire than to destroy it, to capture a regiment, a detachment or a company entire than to destroy them. Hence to fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.”-Sun Tzu
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```Ifreann wrote:Natural law is what people call it when they want to believe that their personal views are actually the deep truth of the universe.
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by Valefontaine » Thu Feb 07, 2019 8:02 pm
Supreme Justice Jovi, Mr. President [Stardust], Vice President DauCoin, Senator Lazarus, Speaker Palmer, Senator Ortega, Governor Whitesnake, and fellow citizens, neighbors, and friends. I come here humbled before you all due to the duty the Euphemian voters have affirmed to be our Nation's Manifest Destiny. The transfer of authority is rare in this world, yet common — sacred even — in this great Nation. With a simple oath, we affirm our commitment to the holy process of Euphemian democracy and look forward to the future with hope and aspiration.
There is a man here who has secured a place in our hearts, and most of all — in History for millennia to come. President Stardust, on behalf of our Nation, I thank you for your divine duty to Euphemie. To Governor Strickland, I thank your resolve and contest, conducted with great spirit and ended with benevolent grace.
I am honored and humbled to stand here where so many of Euphemie's holy Presidents have stood before me, and so many will follow. We have a place, all of us, in a neverending story, a story we continue but whose conclusion we will not see. It is a story of a new world that became a friend and liberator of the old, the story of a slaveholding society that became a servant of freedom, the story of a power that went into the world to protect but not possess, to defend but not to conquer.
It is the Euphemian story, a story of flawed and fallible men and women who were united, generations apart, by grand and enduring ideals and aspirations. The grandest of these ideals is a distinctly Euphemian notion that everyone belongs, that everyone deserves a chance, that no insignificant person was ever born.
Through our laws, we bring forth this notion into reality. Though we have halted, toiled, and sometimes delayed — we have persisted in this course without deviation.
Through much of the last century, Euphemie's faith in democratic ideals was a rock in a raging sea. Now it is a seed upon the wind, which will soon take root in many nations beyond our fair shores. Our democratic faith is more than the creed of our country. It is the inborn hope of our humanity, an ideal we carry but do not own, a trust we bear and pass along. Even after nearly 622 years, we have a long way yet to travel.
While many of our citizens prosper, there are others doubt the promise, even the justice of our own country. The ambitions of some Euphemians are limited by failing schools and hidden prejudice and the circumstances of their birth. And sometimes our differences run so deep, it seems we share a continent but not a country. We do not accept this, and we will not allow it.
Our unity, our Union, is a serious work of leaders and citizens and every generation. And this is my solemn pledge: I will aspire, I will dream, I will work without hesitation or rest, to enshrine the sacred ideals of liberty and justice under my Administration. I have always believed that Euphemie was set aside in an uncommon way; that a divine will set aside this nation as a city upon a shining hill for a special people with a love for life, liberty and the pursuit of prosperity. We are bound by ideals transcendant of our backgrounds, above our interests. Every immigrant that arrives upon our shores who embraces our sacred values and ideals serve only to make our great Nation more, not less, Euphemian.
I come before you and assume the Presidency at a moment rich with promise. We live in a peaceful, prosperous time, but we can make it better. For a new breeze is blowing, and the world's desire for freedom seems reborn; for in the heart of mankind, the day of the dictator is over. The totalitarian era is passing, its old ideas blown away like leaves from an ancient, lifeless tree. A new breeze is blowing, and a nation refreshed by freedom stands ready to push on. There is new ground to be broken, and new action to be taken. There are times when the future seems thick as a fog; you sit and wait, hoping the mists will lift and reveal the right path. But this is a time when the future seems a door you can walk right through into a better tomorrow.
Great nations of the world aspire toward toward democracy, taking that step through the door towards freedom. Men and women of the world move toward free markets through the door to prosperity. The people of the world agitate for free expression and free thought through the door to the moral and intellectual satisfactions that only liberty allows.
We know what works: Freedom works. We know what's right: Freedom is right. We know how to secure a more just and prosperous life for man on Earth: through free markets, free speech, free elections, and the exercise of free will unhampered by the state.
For the first time in this century, for the first time in perhaps all history, man does not have to invent a system by which to live. We don't have to talk late into the night about which form of government is better. We don't have to wrest justice from the kings. We only have to summon it from within ourselves. We must act on what we know. I take as my guide the hope of a saint: In crucial things, unity; in important things, diversity; in all things, generosity.
Euphemie today stands a proud, free nation, decent and civil, a place we cannot help but love. We know in our hearts, not loudly and proudly, but as a simple fact, that this country has meaning beyond what we see, and that our strength is a force for good. But have we changed as a nation even in our time? Are we enthralled with material things, less appreciative of the nobility of work and sacrifice?
My friends, we are not the sum of our possessions. They are not the measure of our lives. In our hearts we know what matters. We cannot hope only to leave our children a bigger car, a bigger bank account. We must hope to give them a sense of what it means to be a loyal friend, a loving parent, a citizen who leaves his home, his neighborhood and town better than he found it. What do we want the men and women who work with us to say when we are no longer there? That we were more driven to succeed than anyone around us? Or that we stopped to ask if a sick child had gotten better, and stayed a moment there to trade a word of friendship?
No President, no government, can teach us to remember what is best in what we are. But if the man you have chosen to lead this government can help make a difference; if he can celebrate the quieter, deeper successes that are made not of gold and silk, but of better hearts and finer souls; if he can do these things, then he must. Then I must.
Euphemie is never wholly herself unless she engages in her divinely-ordained high moral principles. We as a people have such a purpose today. It is to make kinder the face of the Nation and gentler the face of the world. My friends, we have work to do. There are the homeless, lost and roaming. There are the children who have nothing, no love, no normalcy. There are those who cannot free themselves of enslavement to whatever addiction--drugs, welfare, the demoralization that rules the slums. There is crime to be conquered, the rough crime of the streets. There are young women to be helped who are about to become mothers of children they can't care for and might not love. They need our care, our guidance, and our education, though we bless them for choosing life.
The old solution, the old way, was to think that public money alone could end these problems. But we have learned that is not so. And in any case, our funds are low. We have a deficit to bring down. We have more will than wallet; but will is what we need. We will make the hard choices, looking at what we have and perhaps allocating it differently, making our decisions based on honest need and prudent safety. And then we will do the wisest thing of all: We will turn to the only resource we have that in times of need always grows--the goodness and the courage of the Euphemian people.
I am speaking of a new engagement in the lives of others, a new activism, hands-on and involved, that gets the job done. We must bring in the generations, harnessing the unused talent of the elderly and the unfocused energy of the young. For not only leadership is passed from generation to generation, but so is stewardship. And the generation born after the Second World War has come of age.
I have spoken of a thousand points of light, of all the community organizations that are spread like stars throughout the Nation, doing good. We will work hand in hand, encouraging, sometimes leading, sometimes being led, rewarding. We will work on this in Serondequot, in the Cabinet agencies. I will go to the people and the programs that are the brighter points of light, and I will ask every member of my government to become involved. The old ideas are new again because they are not old, they are timeless: duty, sacrifice, commitment, and a patriotism that finds its expression in taking part and pitching in.
We need a new engagement, too, between the Executive and the Congress. The challenges before us will be thrashed out with the Chamber and the Senate. We must bring the Federal budget into balance. And we must ensure that Euphemie stands before the world united, strong, at peace, and fiscally sound. But, of course, things may be difficult. We need compromise; we have had dissension. We need harmony; we have had a chorus of discordant voices.
To my friends--and yes, I do mean friends--in the loyal opposition--and yes, I mean loyal: I put out my hand. I am putting out my hand to you, Governor Strickland. I am putting out my hand to you, Governor Whitesnake. For this is the thing: This is the age of the offered hand. We can't turn back clocks, and I don't want to. But when our fathers were young, Governor, our differences ended at the water's edge. And we don't wish to turn back time, but when our mothers were young, Governor, the Congress and the Executive were capable of working together to produce a budget on which this nation could live. Let us negotiate soon and hard. But in the end, let us produce. The Euphemian people await action. They didn't send us here to bicker. They ask us to rise above the merely partisan. "In crucial things, unity"--and this, my friends, is crucial.
To the world, too, we offer new engagement and a renewed vow: We will stay strong to protect the peace. The "offered hand" is a reluctant fist; but once made, strong, and can be used with great effect. There are today Euphemian citizens--on Euphemian land - who are held against their will in foreign occupation, and Euphemians who are unaccounted for. Assistance will be shown here, and will be long remembered by the world. Good will begets good will. Good faith can be a spiral that endlessly moves on.
Great nations like great men must keep their word. When Euphemie says something, Euphemie means it, whether it be a treaty or an agreement or a vow made on marble steps. We will always try to speak clearly, for candor is a compliment, but subtlety, too, is good and has its place. While keeping our alliances and friendships around the world strong, ever strong, we will also maintain watchful eye upon those that may seek to wish us ill.
Tangaliro has created a 'civilization' that represents an exact contradiction of the sacred Euphemian tradition. It has introduced the religion of praxis and productivity; it has put the quest for profit, great industrial production, and mechanical, visible, and quantitative achievements over any other interest. It has generated a soulless greatness of a purely technological and collective nature, lacking any background of transcendence, inner light, and true spirituality. Tangaliro has built a society where man becomes a mere instrument of production and material productivity within a conformist social conglomerate. They seek only to wish us harm when they aid the enemies of our allies.
Today we affirm a new commitment to live out our Nation's promise to the values of civilization, courage, compassion, and character. Euphemie at its best matches a commitment to principle with a concern for the fate of mankind. A civil society demands from each of us good will and respect, fair dealing and forgiveness. We cannot let our totalitarian opponents dictate the future of life on this planet. Mankind deserves better.
We must live up to the calling we share. Euphemie at its best is also courageous. Our national courage has been clear in times of depression and war, when defeating common dangers defined our common good. Now we must choose if the example of our fathers and mothers will inspire us or condemn us. We must show courage in a time of blessing by confronting problems instead of passing them on to future generations.
Together we will reclaim Euphemie's schools before ignorance and apathy claim more young lives. We will reform Social Security and the Healthcare system, sparing our children from struggles we have the power to prevent. And we will reduce taxes to recover the momentum of our economy and reward the effort and enterprise of working Euphemians.
We will build our defenses beyond challenge, lest weakness invite challenge. We will confront weapons of mass destruction with an empowered, renewed Euphemian arsenal, those who dare bring terror and despair into the New Century will do so knowing the consequences. The enemies of liberty and our country should make no mistake: Euphemie remains engaged in the world, by history, divine destiny and by choice, shaping a balance of power that favors freedom.
We will defend our allies and our interests. We will show purpose without arrogance. We will meet aggression and bad faith with resolve and strength. And to all nations, we will speak for the values that gave our Nation birth.
The years and changes accumulate, but the themes of this day are fair and true: those of our Nation's grand story of courage and its simple dream of dignity.
We are not this story's author, who fills time and eternity with purpose. Yet, this purpose is achieved in our duty. And our duty is fulfilled in service to one another. Never tiring, never yielding, never finishing, we renew that purpose today, to make our country more just and generous, to affirm the dignity of our lives and every life. This work continues, the story goes on, and an angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm — for Euphemians are embodied with great spirit, a spirit I intend to uphold in my Administration. We will choose the hardest road, we will fight to the death even when all is already lost — if it means justice. And so, there is much to do; and tomorrow the work begins. I do not mistrust the future; I do not fear what lay ahead for our sacred Nation. For our problems are large, but our spirit is larger. Our challenges are great, but our will is greater. And if our flaws are endless, then the love of God is without bounds.
The basic aspirations of the Euphemian Destiny are not mere abstractions, far removed from matters of daily living. They are laws of spiritual strength that generate and define our material strength. It is for this reason that, as my Administration's first action and sacred duty to its people, I announce the Federal military's intentions to bring about nothing short of reunification. No person, no home, no community can be beyond the reach of this call. We, and our brothers south of the border, are summoned to act in wisdom and in conscience, to work with industry, to teach with persuasion, to preach with conviction, to weigh our every deed with care and with compassion. For this truth must be clear before us: whatever Euphemie hopes to bring to pass in the world must first come to pass in the heart of Euphemie.
The peace we seek, then, is nothing less than the practice and fulfillment of our whole faith among ourselves and in our dealings with others. This signifies more than the stilling of guns, casing the sorrow of war. More than escape from death, it is a way of life. More than a haven for the weary, it is a hope for the brave.
This is the hope that beckons us onward in this century of trial. This is the work that awaits us all, to be done with bravery, with charity, and with prayer to Almighty God.
God bless you all, and God bless Euphemie.
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