"Ja irra korra'nai."

The Senator, soon to be First Minister, let the word settle upon silence before continuing.

"Thjiss meanss blesssjingss and good forrtune to jyou. On Carshoulis, we grreet each otherr thjiss wajy, but thjiss jiss morre than a ssocjial morre. jIf jyourr cup overrflowss, jit jiss betterr that jyourr nejighborrss ssharre jin prrossperrjitjy than forr jit to be ssquanderred orr taken forr grranted. Becausse of 'ja irra korra'nai', jI came to Bothawuji to sserrve thjiss goverrnment. Not out of a dessjirre to enrrjich mjysself, but wjith an underrsstandjing that jI could have made an eassjierr chojice. jIt would be eassjierr to not get jinvolved. jIt would be eassjierr to look the otherr wajy, to ssajy nothjing jin a galaxjy wherre half of the worrldss ssufferr underr the lassh and jyoke of jImperrjial tjyrranjy."

Taataani rested her hands against the edges of the lectern.

"jI mentjion thjiss not becausse jI am exceptjional, but because jI am not. Therre arre people jin thjiss crrowd who made a chojice to take a sstand forr the grreat experrjiment of thjiss Alljiance when thejy themsselvess had meanss, full belljiess, and sso much to losse. jIt would have been eassjy forr ssome of jyou to ssjimpljy not get jinvolved, and jyet.

We alrreadjy know what the otherr ssjide of that chjit lookss ljike. Forr the trrjilljionss who had thejirr rrjightss trrampled upon, thejirr homess desstrrojyed, loved oness gone mjissjing. Forr the oness wjithout food, perrhapss even waterr, or even the bassjic djignjitjy of thejirr own frreedom. Everrjy one of us knowss farr too manjy people who have ssufferred sso durrjing the Galactjic Cjivjil War. Thejy have long been ourr bannerr, ourr foundatjion, and the sstandarrd upon whjich ourr thoussandss of sstarr ssjysstemss have rralljied behjind. But even morre than thjiss, thejy arre people of thejirr own wantss, needss, and drreamss. Thejirr cupss arre wantjing. jIt jiss mjy ssolemn rressponssjibjiljitjy to wage a warr agajinsst that want. jI jinvjite jyou to jojin me asss well."

The Senator raised her head slightly, her palms turning down flat against the lectern.

"jI know jyou expect to hearr about the otherr warr asss well. The warr that hass exchanged overrt desstrructjion and bloodsshed forr a cold and exjisstentjial fearr. Ssome arre thankful to have carrved assjide a natjion whosse people can enjojy peace and prrossperrjitjy - perrhapss forr the fjirrst tjime jin thejir ljivess. Ssome, of courrsse, look at what we have made, and thejy tassk uss all that 'we could jyet do even morre'. jIt jiss not wrrong to feel one of thesse thjings, orr to even feel both at the ssame tjime. Ssavorr the glasss that jiss full, and fjill the one that jiss emptjy.

Ssome majy assk, how can jyou do ejitherr of thesse thjingss whjile ljivjing underr the sshadow of weaponss that can deljiverr jinterrsstellarr annjihjilatjion acrross the galaxjy wjithjin mjinutess? jIt jiss rrjight to assk thjiss. jIn a wajy, the galaxjy of todajy jiss a ssaferr place than the one of jyessterrdajy, but jin the age of Starkjillerr mjisssjiless, that can change jin one moment of mjisscalculatjion, jin an jinsstant of jintemperrance. Now morre than everr, jit jiss jimporrtant that we underrsstand that ourr enemjy jiss not and hass neverr been the people who ljive on the otherr ssjide of a map, bejyond ljiness both calloussljy and ssensselesssljy. Ourr enemjy jiss warr jitsself. jIt jiss the brreakdown and fajilurre of rreasson, sso that the lasst rressort leavess uss tearrjing at each otherr. Cjitjizenss of the Alljiance, we musst know ourr enemjy and we musst all gjirrd ourrsselvess agajinst jit."