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<blockquote>"Remember who you are, children of Valar. A tried old phrase, a cliche, but do remember who you are. It means something. We are something. We represent something, an idea, an approach. Ours is not to tear at our hair and scream and wail, ours is a tradition of calm deliberation, but so too are we a people of stubborn resistance to blind unyielding dogma. I say people, not race, not a breed. A people, a people who live here, whoever we are, those who are of this people, who share the values of this people, who understand the purpose of this people. They are the Children of Valar, shaped by our history, our tradition, the place we inhabit, we stand apart, a world apart, separate from the others, with minds of our own, ideas of our own, dreams of our own. So remember, that you are Valari. The world will look to us, to you, to take a stand, when a stand needs taking, for that is what we do, the Children of Valar, we are an example to the world. A civilisation, a haven, a place of sanity, of inspiration, to many, we are a dream, a dream of genteel civility, democracy and liberty, but dreams need defending, from all manner of challenges. For to preserve what we have here, that rare blessed thing, is our sacred duty, to protect it from those without and within, whatever the cost that may be; and in the end, if we cannot stay here alive, then let us stay here dead. Remember who you are. Children of Valar. Remember that we are not some meek people, who have yielded in the past, who have stepped back when faced with a tyrant, who decided that standing up for ourselves might prove too much trouble, might demand too much of a sacrifice. A people who toppled unconquerable empires to bring about their own and those who forged a new world of innovation and science. A people who do not know when they are beaten, a people who keep getting back up. A people who by any logic should not hold the position in the world they still do today, yet we do, for we do not choose the path of least resistance, we do not fall in line, do not know our place, do not back down. Remember who you. Let neither fear nor comfort persuade from the path, for they are no counsel at all, rather stay true to yourself, stay on course, remain steady, and when the need arises, be ready to face upheaval with a smile, be Valari. No matter what may lie ahead, no matter what the world may throw at us, remember that nothing has toppled us yet. Oh we have known defeat, we have taken our knocks, our troubles and mistakes, yet we have always risen anew, unstoppable, indefatigable, irreplaceable. So never fear, remember whence we came, remember what we are, remember that, you are Valari.