"It has been twenty-nine years since the Founding Fathers signed the Alliance Charter."
"In these twenty-nine years, we've built monument after monument! Erected pillar after pillar of commemoration! Named street after street, square after square in the name of freedom and the Alliance! Held countless celebratory parades!"
"We are intoxicated by the achievements of the Founding Fathers! Continuously mythologizing their accomplishments! Everything about them has been elevated to an untouchable pedestal, so much so that anyone attempting to confront the legacy of the Founding Fathers is branded as a traitor or a renegade!"
"Marshal Ned Smith defeated the Empire—that is indeed a monumental achievement. But what legacy did he leave us?" Richard Mayerhaus's voice rose, becoming increasingly fierce: "A nation?"
