"The defence of Texas, I tell you it is vital. Not only as it is our home, not only because it is the right of every man to defend what is his from those who would seize it by force, and not only to defend a free nation from tyranny.
"The defence of Texas is vital, for the sake of humanity. The light of liberty has travelled West these last centuries. The light flickered into being in England with the Magna Carta, when the ruled rose up to make demands of their ruler and established the beginnings of a tradition. It culiminated in the rise of parliament over,, king, and in time it has seen the elected rival and surpass the inherited.
"But in the end The united Kingdom has only gne so far and in the way of nations has declined within even as showing strength without.
"But the now bright torch of liberty was passed, it was carried across the sea. First by Englishmen seeking greater freedom and prosperity, and spreading to peoples from acrossEurope who followed after. Here far from the King and so mant stubborn pieces of the old tyranny lioberty bloomed. And when George III sought to pull the free subjectys back inyto line, Revolution came.
"The Repivlic long redcxed to little more tha city states riled by and for aristovrats or the dreams of salon patrons. The Repuvliv was reborn anew on these shopres where civilizatyion could be built anew far from the restrictions and tradition Britain could not escape.
"But America for all ys might and achievement could only go so far. Now we see iys weakness laid bare. The flaws and vices from is inceprtion now tear it asunder, and even if this is resolved and the nation geals the scars will long linger, and tyranny oft takes root even in the name of noble causes when a peple wage war aginst themselves.
"The lgiht of liberty, does not rest in Washington, old before its time. It resides in Texas. For in America while all of Europe could come and take part, it was ewquired they conform, that if not English in bloood english should be their thought and spirits.
"Here in Texas, we have truly sought liberty and equality for all. Not just for the Anglo immigrant or the Tejano native. But for the Native who accepts civilization. For the people of Europe and Asia who wish for freedom but to not forsake their culture and heritage, we have accepted and their presence enriches us strengthens us.
"Across the world revolution and the quest for equality is tainted by seeking to build free nations on ideas of race or religion. Rooted in a belief that one can only dominate or be dominated, that free peoples can only be free when divided by national borders.
"We have witnessed in our lifetimes peoples torn apart and continents bleed in the name of such things. And it unfolds once more in Europe as we sit gathered here today.
"Texas, fare young Texas, is a living breathing testimony against such. Texas is not just a place, nor is it a people defined by a language, a skin color, or a heritage.
"Texas stands united by the long held and only recently articulated hope of mankind. That we can live in peace and prosperity without conformity. That order need not come from domination. That people can and should rule themselves. That a nation of many peoples and many faiths is not an impure mongrel held only by strength, but that such a nation is the strength of all its pieces driven by the dreams and hopes of all its people.
"We defend Texas not to defend our homes, or even our families. We defend Texas to defend the dream that has been passed down and carries from England's forests of old, across the seas, across Americas, and now to the shoes of the Pacific. We defend the hope of freedom, of equality, of the God given brotherhood that surpasses all the divisions of human manufacture and bring a better tomorrow!"
