Civ2player
Prince
**************- First Person perspective below
I stood out on the stage, thousands and thousands and hundreds of thousands, maybe millions of people gathered. I wasn't nervous. I should have been though, it's what gets us through a speech or performance, the desire for the nervousness to be over. But I wasn't. I wasn't nervous on one of the most important speeches of my life. Billions of people would view it and were watching their TV now. I was waving to the people, smiling.
Then the time came, and the nervousness hit. My speech.
I stood to the podium.
"Hello, Washington." I started off with, people cheered and clapped. Then they quietened.
"My fellow Americans. Tonight, we have rediscovered America. The turn of the decade has come upon us. We face an almighty challenge: Preparing America for the twenty-first century. This is no ordinary task, it will not be completed within one year, or two, or maybe even a term, but we will get it done. We will need to summon all our strength to face all our tasks, to face the world." I said.
"I come with you tonight, on a day where it is no ordinary man assuming the presidency, it is a man who stands here today, hopeful that America will fulfill it's responsibilities, fulfill the wish of it's founding fathers. Even as our Founding Fathers government began 200 years ago, the democracy is still alive and with us this very moment."
"I come to you with a promise, that America will prevail. Not in a conflict, or a negotiation, but in the world. America will prevail. And although we have faced some of our toughest times together, faced some of our best times together, I promise you America, we will prevail."
"To all those who may not have voted for me, to all those who did, I will listen. I will listen to all your words and your comments, your ideas and your statements. I will listen when you disagree, when you agree or when you may want me too. The time for America to become strong again, to prevail in this world which is so fast moving towards a new century, has begun."
"This government can not bare these tasks alone. Without one key factor, it would crumble, it would fail and it would be broken. That key factor, that keeps us together America, is you. The people of America. The people of the world. The people."
"On a day where so many have come to celebrate, we must not forget these tasks. They can be lost in the mist of the night or in the atmosphere of the day, but these tasks need to be reassured and completed. They need to be hit with the sharpest dart in the exact center. And we will accept no less."
"America, we must work together. There is no more time for laying around, only time for work. We must work together if we wish to prevail, to rebuild ourselves as a new nation. As a new people."
"Too long have we waited for those who argue to sort out there issues. And yet they do not. Too long have we waited to begin rebuilding. And yet we have not. Too long have we waited to see one people unite. And finally we have. But too long has America seen people who spot only the differences in other people, and not the similarities. Let me tell you this America:
We will wait no more."
The speech had finished. Almighty cheering and applauding was coming from the audience. I was again elected. Again president.
To be continued in the next part.
I stood out on the stage, thousands and thousands and hundreds of thousands, maybe millions of people gathered. I wasn't nervous. I should have been though, it's what gets us through a speech or performance, the desire for the nervousness to be over. But I wasn't. I wasn't nervous on one of the most important speeches of my life. Billions of people would view it and were watching their TV now. I was waving to the people, smiling.
Then the time came, and the nervousness hit. My speech.
I stood to the podium.
"Hello, Washington." I started off with, people cheered and clapped. Then they quietened.
"My fellow Americans. Tonight, we have rediscovered America. The turn of the decade has come upon us. We face an almighty challenge: Preparing America for the twenty-first century. This is no ordinary task, it will not be completed within one year, or two, or maybe even a term, but we will get it done. We will need to summon all our strength to face all our tasks, to face the world." I said.
"I come with you tonight, on a day where it is no ordinary man assuming the presidency, it is a man who stands here today, hopeful that America will fulfill it's responsibilities, fulfill the wish of it's founding fathers. Even as our Founding Fathers government began 200 years ago, the democracy is still alive and with us this very moment."
"I come to you with a promise, that America will prevail. Not in a conflict, or a negotiation, but in the world. America will prevail. And although we have faced some of our toughest times together, faced some of our best times together, I promise you America, we will prevail."
"To all those who may not have voted for me, to all those who did, I will listen. I will listen to all your words and your comments, your ideas and your statements. I will listen when you disagree, when you agree or when you may want me too. The time for America to become strong again, to prevail in this world which is so fast moving towards a new century, has begun."
"This government can not bare these tasks alone. Without one key factor, it would crumble, it would fail and it would be broken. That key factor, that keeps us together America, is you. The people of America. The people of the world. The people."
"On a day where so many have come to celebrate, we must not forget these tasks. They can be lost in the mist of the night or in the atmosphere of the day, but these tasks need to be reassured and completed. They need to be hit with the sharpest dart in the exact center. And we will accept no less."
"America, we must work together. There is no more time for laying around, only time for work. We must work together if we wish to prevail, to rebuild ourselves as a new nation. As a new people."
"Too long have we waited for those who argue to sort out there issues. And yet they do not. Too long have we waited to begin rebuilding. And yet we have not. Too long have we waited to see one people unite. And finally we have. But too long has America seen people who spot only the differences in other people, and not the similarities. Let me tell you this America:
We will wait no more."
The speech had finished. Almighty cheering and applauding was coming from the audience. I was again elected. Again president.
To be continued in the next part.