Your Majesties, Your Highnesses, Distinguished Guests, Comrades and Friends. Today, all of us do, by our presence here, and by our celebrations in other parts of our country and the world, confer glory and hope to newborn liberty. Out of the experience of an extraordinary human disaster that lasted too long, must be born a society of which all humanity will be proud.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The gathering celebrates newborn liberty born from a long human disaster, aiming to create a society humanity will be proud of.
- In plain terms
- We are here to celebrate freedom after a long struggle and build a proud society.
- What can you take from it?
- Celebrate new liberty as a foundation for a proud society.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What does a society look like when all are proud?
- How do we sustain hope after disaster?
Another view
Celebrations may mask ongoing hardships that remain after independence.
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