This is my cause—the cause in which I have believed, and to which I have dedicated my very self, my efforts, and my resolve. For what value does life hold if it lacks a purpose for which one lives and strives to achieve? And of what worth is a human being if he does not embrace the ethics and values ​​that serve as the compass of his life, the path of his struggle, and the guide to his success? Furthermore, what significance would any of this possess were he to lack a homeland upon whose soil he dwells, a people to whom he belongs, a history upon which he may lean, and a future toward which he gazes with eyes brimming with love and hope?