(An almost completely plagiarized speech)

Family -- that word should have new meaning for all of us today.

We can't be consumed by our petty differences anymore.

We will be united in our common interests.

Perhaps its fate that today is the 4th of July; and you will once again be fighting for our freedom, not only from tyranny, corruption, oppression, or persecution -- but from annihilation.

We're fighting for our right to live, to exist.

And should we win the day, the 4th of July may once again be known as an American holiday that has meaning- as the day when Families declared in one voice:

We will not go quietly into the night.  We will not vanish without a fight.  We're going to live on.  We're going to survive.

Today, we celebrate our Independence Day!