A Grand Reverie Speech

republic of arcasia – 1947 inaugural address by president dwight walker “my fellow arcasian citizens, and all those listening beyond our shores, tonight i do not bring a message of comfort i bring a promise a promise born not of ease, but of purpose that in the ruins of war, in a century scarred by revolutions, there still stands one beacon of human liberty and that beacon is us let the world take note arcasia does not seek to command but to inspire we do not build walls around our prosperity we extend bridges from it in the streets of ventrie, in the hills of lespia, and along the docks of a recovering merkopa, there are men and women who dare to dream again and it is our duty not to govern their dreams but to empower them they say the century of revolution has swept away the old kings but in their place, new empires rise, less gilded, more gray united contana offers security, yes, but at the price of silence it offers bread but no voice and while their leaders speak of equality, their prisons fill with those who simply asked for more than obedience arcasia offers something older and greater the right to build a life of your own design the arcasian dream is not the promise of comfort, but the right to rise to rise through effort through creativity through courage here, dignity is not assigned by decree, but earned by the merit of one’s character and contribution and equity, real equity, lies in the freedom to pursue reward without privilege and to prosper without permission as the miraclists remind us, "human civilization is a miracle of interwoven destinies, thriving not through sudden upheavals but through the steady hand of collective wisdom " and we believe that wisdom flourishes best where liberty breathes strongest, where the law protects without smothering and government regulates without controlling that is why i stand here today not only as your president but as a steward of what we call the arcasian promise that a free economy, lightly governed, widely trusted, and fairly traded, can lift all who are willing to try that trade can heal where armies only deepen wounds that shared prosperity is stronger than imposed order that the measure of a nation is not the iron of its walls but the reach of its helping hand this is the foundation of the walker plan a regional initiative for economic cooperation, trade expansion, and mutual development it is not conquest it is not charity it is cooperation to build schools in place of bunkers, railroads instead of fences, and enterprises that serve both ambition and community i know there are those who would rather we pull back that we close the ports, tighten the belt, fear the changing winds but fear has never built anything worth keeping arcasia will not dim its light just because the world grows darker if the dream is to survive, it must shine all the brighter to the teacher who still holds class by candlelight, to the entrepreneur with only an idea and a pair of steady hands, to the child staring up at a star through broken windows, know this you are not forgotten you are the heart of this grand reverie and you are why we will not yield let the world see what we believe that freedom and dignity are not enemies of order but its truest foundation let it be known that when others built walls, we built ways forward when others offered silence, we answered with song may arcasia always be there to lift you and may liberty find you! if not today, then tomorrow if not tomorrow, then soon because we will bring it and when we do, the world will remember what it means to dream free ” related articles speaker dwight walker docid\ v8tq smbrbqkmhrp6l4i