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“Every life is a story, and every story is a life.
“We carry our ancestors within us, their voices in our blood.
“Education is not just about knowledge, but about shaping character through Tongan values.
“I can hear you making small holes in the silence, rain.
“You can be anxious, you can be a mother, you can be all of these things.
“Aloha ʻāina means love of the land. It is not metaphor; it is survival.
“We must nourish our Tahitian language, or its beauty will fade away.
“To resist is to remember.
“The ocean remembers. It carries the history of our journey, our people.
“Our Tongan heritage is a living river; we must guide its flow for future generations.
“Reject the foreign customs and return to the sacred practices of our ancestors.
“We should not make distinctions between mothers, rich or poor.
“The land is a living thing, breathing, feeling.
“To reclaim our health is to reclaim our dignity and our heritage.
“Stories are maps. They show us where we've been, and where to go.
“Only the wind can hear me now.
“Hold fast to the covenant of God and the land of your ancestors.
“Leadership is about empathy. It is about connecting with people and their stories.
“The sea carries the dead, the living, and those not yet born.
“We are an open, diverse, and inclusive nation, and we want to keep it that way.