Who are we? We are the
voice of tomorrow. We are
the voice of those who cannot speak. We are
the voice that cannot be heard. We are against this thing. We want it stopped. We stand in awe before the achievements of those who came before, yet even as we gaze up at the glory we cannot help but feel
the winds of change blowing on our heels.
Down with this sort of thing! It has been too long. It has become too easy. We fall down without thinking. We cannot answer
important questions. We laugh at
things that are not funny. We have given in to the pressure of it all. We have become weak servants of
the powers that be. Let them be no more. I say, let them be no more.
I ask you who have gathered here today:
why do we do it?
What can it mean? Why do you bother with all this? Why do you give up
precious hours of your life to it? Why
sacrifice your children to it?
Are we not men? Are we not women? Do we have to put up with all this? Let me hear you shout!
No!
I say NO!
NO!
Down with
this sort of thing! Down with it and
everything it is connected to. Down with all of the other things like it. Down with anything that reminds us of it! This is a
pivotal moment in our history. One in which each
man, woman and child must ask.
Am I for it or against it? If you cannot help us
tear it down then you are a part of
the system that holds it up. I ask you: do you want this
blood on your hands?
I know that I do not. That is why I am ready to tear it down. But, I cannot do it alone. No I can’t do it alone. So I ask:
Are you with me?
YES!
I said are you with me?
YES!
All right! Now let’s tear it down!
(The crowd roars)