We've come to a point in time, where nothing is certain;
When tomorrow could just as well be a dream.

I ask of you, very little, and yet so much:

To stand with our great nation,
to fight for our great cause,
to give your blood and your hearts
for that which matters the most:

Our loved ones.

And there is no shame in admitting fear,
No shame in the dread which we all feel:
for we are all united in this:
united in madness!

Let that which break our hearts
be what binds together our people;

bonded by fear:
we will breed courage;
we will breed strength;
we will breed victory!

Let this be the dream of today
and the truth
of tomorrow.


Author's Note: Quite self explanatory, it's a speech I put together with Cardassia in mind. Silly, maybe. I was practising my rhetorical skills. Which means that... yes, there's an -actual- recording of me reciting this very speech (technically there's two, of which one is shit). And there's only one person aside from me who will ever hear it XD so don't even ask... To my confidant: if you ever read this, you have my thanks.