WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.630 >> PLEASE WELCOME TO THE STAGE. >> SECRETARY, MARCO RUBIO. 00:00:07.641 --> 00:00:11.711 >> SECRETARY, MARCO RUBIO. ABOUT MAYBE 10 OR 12 YEARS AGO, 00:00:11.712 --> 00:00:13.770 ABOUT MAYBE 10 OR 12 YEARS AGO, A PERSON I KNEW VERY WELL HAD 00:00:13.781 --> 00:00:14.047 A PERSON I KNEW VERY WELL HAD BEEN VERY. 00:00:14.081 --> 00:00:15.972 BEEN VERY. >> HELPFUL TO ME IN MY 00:00:15.983 --> 00:00:16.339 >> HELPFUL TO ME IN MY CAMPAIGNS WHEN. 00:00:16.350 --> 00:00:17.908 CAMPAIGNS WHEN. >> I WAS IN THE SENATE, CAME TO 00:00:17.919 --> 00:00:18.809 >> I WAS IN THE SENATE, CAME TO ME AND. 00:00:18.820 --> 00:00:20.978 ME AND. >> SAID SHE HAD MET THIS VERY. 00:00:20.989 --> 00:00:22.455 >> SAID SHE HAD MET THIS VERY. >> IMPRESSIVE YOUNG. MAN. AND 00:00:22.490 --> 00:00:23.413 >> IMPRESSIVE YOUNG. MAN. AND HE WAS GOING. 00:00:23.424 --> 00:00:23.690 HE WAS GOING. >> TO START. 00:00:23.691 --> 00:00:25.091 >> TO START. >> THIS GROUP TO GO ON COLLEGE 00:00:25.092 --> 00:00:25.682 >> THIS GROUP TO GO ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES AND. 00:00:25.693 --> 00:00:26.726 CAMPUSES AND. >> TRY TO CONVINCE YOUNG 00:00:26.727 --> 00:00:28.027 >> TRY TO CONVINCE YOUNG AMERICANS THAT OURS IS. 00:00:28.029 --> 00:00:30.597 AMERICANS THAT OURS IS. >> THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE 00:00:30.598 --> 00:00:31.431 >> THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE HISTORY OF THE. 00:00:31.432 --> 00:00:31.798 HISTORY OF THE. >> WORLD, AND. 00:00:31.799 --> 00:00:35.692 >> WORLD, AND. >> THAT MARXISM WAS BAD. AND I 00:00:35.703 --> 00:00:36.102 >> THAT MARXISM WAS BAD. AND I REMEMBER THINKING. 00:00:36.104 --> 00:00:37.972 REMEMBER THINKING. >> BACK THEN, I WAS, I’M. 00:00:38.006 --> 00:00:38.305 >> BACK THEN, I WAS, I’M. >> GOING TO. 00:00:38.306 --> 00:00:39.897 >> GOING TO. >> ADMIT TO YOU GUYS, I WAS A 00:00:39.908 --> 00:00:40.907 >> ADMIT TO YOU GUYS, I WAS A LITTLE SKEPTICAL. 00:00:40.908 --> 00:00:42.499 LITTLE SKEPTICAL. >> I SAID, COLLEGE CAMPUSES. 00:00:42.510 --> 00:00:44.611 >> I SAID, COLLEGE CAMPUSES. >> YOU’RE GOING TO DO THAT. WHY 00:00:44.612 --> 00:00:45.135 >> YOU’RE GOING TO DO THAT. WHY DON’T YOU START SOMEWHERE 00:00:45.146 --> 00:00:45.336 DON’T YOU START SOMEWHERE EASIER? 00:00:45.347 --> 00:00:45.836 EASIER? >> LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE. 00:00:45.847 --> 00:00:46.704 >> LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE. >> COMMUNIST CUBA. 00:00:46.715 --> 00:00:48.648 >> COMMUNIST CUBA. >> YOU KNOW? 00:00:48.650 --> 00:00:50.508 >> YOU KNOW? >> BUT MY SKEPTICISM WAS. 00:00:50.519 --> 00:00:51.251 >> BUT MY SKEPTICISM WAS. >> PROVEN WRONG. 00:00:51.252 --> 00:00:53.143 >> PROVEN WRONG. >> AND PLACE AFTER PLACE OVER 00:00:53.154 --> 00:00:54.988 >> AND PLACE AFTER PLACE OVER THE LAST 12, 14, 16 YEARS, 00:00:55.023 --> 00:00:55.880 THE LAST 12, 14, 16 YEARS, WE’VE. 00:00:55.891 --> 00:00:57.648 WE’VE. >> SEEN THIS RENAISSANCE. 00:00:57.659 --> 00:00:58.859 >> SEEN THIS RENAISSANCE. >> UNDERSTAND WHERE WE WERE AT. 00:00:58.860 --> 00:00:59.917 >> UNDERSTAND WHERE WE WERE AT. >> THAT TIME IN OUR. 00:00:59.928 --> 00:01:01.028 >> THAT TIME IN OUR. >> HISTORY. 00:01:01.029 --> 00:01:02.453 >> HISTORY. >> UNDERSTAND WHERE WE ARE 00:01:02.464 --> 00:01:03.698 >> UNDERSTAND WHERE WE ARE STILL TODAY IN MANY PLACES 00:01:03.731 --> 00:01:04.888 STILL TODAY IN MANY PLACES WHERE YOUNG AMERICANS ARE 00:01:04.899 --> 00:01:06.200 WHERE YOUNG AMERICANS ARE ACTIVELY TOLD THAT EVERYTHING 00:01:06.234 --> 00:01:08.125 ACTIVELY TOLD THAT EVERYTHING THAT THEY WERE TAUGHT, 00:01:08.136 --> 00:01:08.959 THAT THEY WERE TAUGHT, >> THAT ALL THE FOUNDATIONS 00:01:08.970 --> 00:01:11.405 >> THAT ALL THE FOUNDATIONS THAT MADE OUR SOCIETY AND OUR 00:01:11.439 --> 00:01:11.995 THAT MADE OUR SOCIETY AND OUR CIVILIZATION SO GRAND, THEY 00:01:12.006 --> 00:01:14.341 CIVILIZATION SO GRAND, THEY WERE ALL WRONG. THEY WERE ALL 00:01:14.342 --> 00:01:14.832 WERE ALL WRONG. THEY WERE ALL EVIL. THAT MARRIAGE IS 00:01:14.843 --> 00:01:16.711 EVIL. THAT MARRIAGE IS OPPRESSIVE, THAT CHILDREN ARE A 00:01:16.745 --> 00:01:17.969 OPPRESSIVE, THAT CHILDREN ARE A BURDEN, THAT AMERICA IS A 00:01:17.980 --> 00:01:19.814 BURDEN, THAT AMERICA IS A SOURCE OF EVIL, NOT OF GOOD IN 00:01:19.848 --> 00:01:21.739 SOURCE OF EVIL, NOT OF GOOD IN THE WORLD. AND HERE WAS THIS 00:01:21.750 --> 00:01:21.949 THE WORLD. AND HERE WAS THIS VOICE. 00:01:21.950 --> 00:01:22.950 VOICE. >> THAT INSPIRED A. 00:01:22.951 --> 00:01:24.251 >> THAT INSPIRED A. >> MOVEMENT IN WHICH YOUNG 00:01:24.252 --> 00:01:24.508 >> MOVEMENT IN WHICH YOUNG AMERICANS. 00:01:24.519 --> 00:01:26.744 AMERICANS. >> WERE TOLD, THAT IS NOT TRUE. 00:01:26.755 --> 00:01:27.178 >> WERE TOLD, THAT IS NOT TRUE. THE HIGHEST CALLING. 00:01:27.189 --> 00:01:28.522 THE HIGHEST CALLING. >> WE ARE. 00:01:28.557 --> 00:01:30.048 >> WE ARE. >> CALLED TO IS TO BE IN A 00:01:30.059 --> 00:01:31.782 >> CALLED TO IS TO BE IN A SUCCESSFUL MARRIAGE AND TO 00:01:31.793 --> 00:01:37.989 SUCCESSFUL MARRIAGE AND TO RAISE PRODUCTIVE CHILDREN. AND 00:01:38.000 --> 00:01:40.834 RAISE PRODUCTIVE CHILDREN. AND A MOVEMENT THAT TAUGHT THEM 00:01:40.869 --> 00:01:42.727 A MOVEMENT THAT TAUGHT THEM THAT OURS WAS NOT A GREAT 00:01:42.738 --> 00:01:44.862 THAT OURS WAS NOT A GREAT COUNTRY, BUT THE GREATEST, MOST 00:01:44.873 --> 00:01:46.640 COUNTRY, BUT THE GREATEST, MOST EXCEPTIONAL NATION THAT HAS 00:01:46.675 --> 00:01:46.998 EXCEPTIONAL NATION THAT HAS EVER EXISTED. 00:01:47.009 --> 00:01:48.909 EVER EXISTED. >> IN THE HISTORY OF ALL OF 00:01:48.910 --> 00:01:49.143 >> IN THE HISTORY OF ALL OF MANKIND. 00:01:49.177 --> 00:01:51.101 MANKIND. >> AND THAT IT’S WORTH FIGHTING 00:01:51.112 --> 00:01:52.303 >> AND THAT IT’S WORTH FIGHTING FOR. IT’S WORTH DEFENDING, IT’S 00:01:52.314 --> 00:01:53.714 FOR. IT’S WORTH DEFENDING, IT’S WORTH PRESERVING, AND IT’S 00:01:53.715 --> 00:01:56.674 WORTH PRESERVING, AND IT’S WORTH PASSING ON TO THE NEXT 00:01:56.685 --> 00:02:01.989 WORTH PASSING ON TO THE NEXT GENERATION. THIS WAS THE 00:02:01.990 --> 00:02:04.358 GENERATION. THIS WAS THE MISSION AND THE WORK OF CHARLIE 00:02:04.393 --> 00:02:06.084 MISSION AND THE WORK OF CHARLIE KIRK, AND A COUPLE OF THINGS 00:02:06.095 --> 00:02:07.918 KIRK, AND A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT STAND OUT ABOUT HIM. HE 00:02:07.929 --> 00:02:08.062 THAT STAND OUT ABOUT HIM. HE LED. 00:02:08.096 --> 00:02:09.253 LED. >> THIS MOVEMENT. 00:02:09.264 --> 00:02:10.998 >> THIS MOVEMENT. >> BUT HE DID SO WITH 00:02:10.999 --> 00:02:11.932 >> BUT HE DID SO WITH INCREDIBLE KNOWLEDGE. IT’S 00:02:11.934 --> 00:02:14.602 INCREDIBLE KNOWLEDGE. IT’S UNBELIEVABLE HOW MUCH HE KNEW. 00:02:14.603 --> 00:02:16.804 UNBELIEVABLE HOW MUCH HE KNEW. HE CAME TO ME VERY RECENTLY. 00:02:16.805 --> 00:02:17.104 HE CAME TO ME VERY RECENTLY. >> HE SAID. 00:02:17.106 --> 00:02:19.240 >> HE SAID. >> SOME QUOTE. HE SAID, I SAID, 00:02:19.241 --> 00:02:21.275 >> SOME QUOTE. HE SAID, I SAID, WHO SAID THAT? HE SAID, MARCUS 00:02:21.310 --> 00:02:23.434 WHO SAID THAT? HE SAID, MARCUS AURELIUS. I SAID, WHAT DISTRICT 00:02:23.445 --> 00:02:25.146 AURELIUS. I SAID, WHAT DISTRICT DOES HE REPRESENT? 00:02:25.147 --> 00:02:26.714 DOES HE REPRESENT? >> I KIND OF KNEW WHO IT WAS. 00:02:26.715 --> 00:02:29.207 >> I KIND OF KNEW WHO IT WAS. >> BUT HE SAID BACK, NO, IT’S. 00:02:29.218 --> 00:02:29.417 >> BUT HE SAID BACK, NO, IT’S. >> A. 00:02:29.418 --> 00:02:31.085 >> A. >> ROMAN, YOU KNOW, PHILOSOPHER, 00:02:31.120 --> 00:02:32.978 >> ROMAN, YOU KNOW, PHILOSOPHER, KING OR EMPEROR, HIS INCREDIBLE 00:02:32.989 --> 00:02:34.012 KING OR EMPEROR, HIS INCREDIBLE KNOWLEDGE. LET ME TELL. 00:02:34.023 --> 00:02:36.024 KNOWLEDGE. LET ME TELL. >> YOU THAT ONE OF THE. 00:02:36.025 --> 00:02:36.915 >> YOU THAT ONE OF THE. >> LAST MESSAGES I HAD WITH. 00:02:36.926 --> 00:02:38.417 >> LAST MESSAGES I HAD WITH. >> HIM WAS JUST. 00:02:38.428 --> 00:02:39.794 >> HIM WAS JUST. >> A FEW DAYS BEFORE HIS. 00:02:39.828 --> 00:02:40.828 >> A FEW DAYS BEFORE HIS. >> PASSING, WHERE HE WROTE. 00:02:40.829 --> 00:02:41.952 >> PASSING, WHERE HE WROTE. >> ME FROM OVERSEAS. 00:02:41.963 --> 00:02:43.098 >> ME FROM OVERSEAS. >> I’M IN SOUTH KOREA. 00:02:43.132 --> 00:02:45.156 >> I’M IN SOUTH KOREA. >> I HAVE MANY CONCERNS I WANT 00:02:45.167 --> 00:02:46.758 >> I HAVE MANY CONCERNS I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU WHEN I GET 00:02:46.769 --> 00:02:48.026 TO SHARE WITH YOU WHEN I GET BACK. HE WAS CONSTANTLY 00:02:48.037 --> 00:02:49.004 BACK. HE WAS CONSTANTLY EXPANDING HIS HORIZONS, BUT HE 00:02:49.038 --> 00:02:51.139 EXPANDING HIS HORIZONS, BUT HE JUST DIDN’T HAVE KNOWLEDGE. HE 00:02:51.140 --> 00:02:51.930 JUST DIDN’T HAVE KNOWLEDGE. HE HAD WISDOM AND UNCANNY AMOUNT 00:02:51.941 --> 00:02:54.766 HAD WISDOM AND UNCANNY AMOUNT OF WISDOM FOR A MAN AS YOUNG AS 00:02:54.777 --> 00:02:55.910 OF WISDOM FOR A MAN AS YOUNG AS HE WAS. WISDOM THAT SOMETIMES 00:02:55.945 --> 00:02:58.270 HE WAS. WISDOM THAT SOMETIMES IT TAKES A LIFETIME TO 00:02:58.281 --> 00:02:59.814 IT TAKES A LIFETIME TO ACCUMULATE. HE HAD IT IN JUST 00:02:59.849 --> 00:03:06.311 ACCUMULATE. HE HAD IT IN JUST 31 YEARS. HE WAS ALSO BOLD. IT 00:03:06.322 --> 00:03:08.079 31 YEARS. HE WAS ALSO BOLD. IT IS SO EASY. AND LISTEN, I’VE 00:03:08.090 --> 00:03:10.148 IS SO EASY. AND LISTEN, I’VE BEEN GUILTY OF IT. I THINK MANY 00:03:10.159 --> 00:03:11.092 BEEN GUILTY OF IT. I THINK MANY OF US HAVE BEEN GUILTY OF THIS. 00:03:11.093 --> 00:03:12.827 OF US HAVE BEEN GUILTY OF THIS. YOU HIDE BEHIND THE WALLS AND 00:03:12.862 --> 00:03:13.885 YOU HIDE BEHIND THE WALLS AND YOU SURROUND YOURSELF WITH 00:03:13.896 --> 00:03:15.997 YOU SURROUND YOURSELF WITH PEOPLE THAT AGREE WITH YOU. WE 00:03:15.998 --> 00:03:17.732 PEOPLE THAT AGREE WITH YOU. WE DO IT AS A SOCIETY ALL THE TIME. 00:03:17.767 --> 00:03:19.191 DO IT AS A SOCIETY ALL THE TIME. INCREASINGLY, PEOPLE ARE MOVING 00:03:19.202 --> 00:03:20.268 INCREASINGLY, PEOPLE ARE MOVING INTO NEIGHBORHOODS WITH OTHER 00:03:20.269 --> 00:03:21.693 INTO NEIGHBORHOODS WITH OTHER PEOPLE THAT AGREE WITH THEM 00:03:21.704 --> 00:03:23.171 PEOPLE THAT AGREE WITH THEM POLITICALLY AND ISOLATE 00:03:23.172 --> 00:03:24.339 POLITICALLY AND ISOLATE THEMSELVES FROM PEOPLE THAT DO 00:03:24.373 --> 00:03:26.798 THEMSELVES FROM PEOPLE THAT DO NOT AGREE WITH THEM. BUT 00:03:26.809 --> 00:03:29.244 NOT AGREE WITH THEM. BUT CHARLIE KIRK WAS BOLD. HE 00:03:29.278 --> 00:03:30.001 CHARLIE KIRK WAS BOLD. HE ACTIVELY SOUGHT OUT TO ENGAGE 00:03:30.012 --> 00:03:31.770 ACTIVELY SOUGHT OUT TO ENGAGE PEACEFULLY, RESPECTFULLY THOSE 00:03:31.781 --> 00:03:33.949 PEACEFULLY, RESPECTFULLY THOSE WHO HE DISAGREED WITH. AS 00:03:33.983 --> 00:03:35.774 WHO HE DISAGREED WITH. AS RECENTLY AS TWO DAYS AGO, WE 00:03:35.785 --> 00:03:37.843 RECENTLY AS TWO DAYS AGO, WE LEARNED OF ONE OF THE HOSTS ON 00:03:37.854 --> 00:03:39.854 LEARNED OF ONE OF THE HOSTS ON CNN WHO SAID THAT ONE OF THE 00:03:39.889 --> 00:03:41.780 CNN WHO SAID THAT ONE OF THE MESSAGES HE HAD GOTTEN JUST A 00:03:41.791 --> 00:03:42.891 MESSAGES HE HAD GOTTEN JUST A FEW DAYS BEFORE CHARLIE’S 00:03:42.892 --> 00:03:43.815 FEW DAYS BEFORE CHARLIE’S PASSING WAS FROM HIM INVITING 00:03:43.826 --> 00:03:45.927 PASSING WAS FROM HIM INVITING HIM TO DIALOG. AND HE DID THIS 00:03:45.928 --> 00:03:47.028 HIM TO DIALOG. AND HE DID THIS ON CAMPUSES. HE DID THIS ON 00:03:47.030 --> 00:03:48.797 ON CAMPUSES. HE DID THIS ON PODCASTS. HE DID THIS ON RADIO 00:03:48.798 --> 00:03:50.198 PODCASTS. HE DID THIS ON RADIO SHOWS. HE DID THIS ON 00:03:50.199 --> 00:03:51.132 SHOWS. HE DID THIS ON TELEVISION SHOWS. TIME AND 00:03:51.134 --> 00:03:53.168 TELEVISION SHOWS. TIME AND AGAIN, HE SOUGHT TO ENGAGE 00:03:53.202 --> 00:03:54.659 AGAIN, HE SOUGHT TO ENGAGE THOSE HE DISAGREED WITH BECAUSE 00:03:54.670 --> 00:03:56.271 THOSE HE DISAGREED WITH BECAUSE HE UNDERSTOOD THAT WE WERE NOT 00:03:56.306 --> 00:03:57.263 HE UNDERSTOOD THAT WE WERE NOT CREATED TO ISOLATE OURSELVES 00:03:57.274 --> 00:03:58.874 CREATED TO ISOLATE OURSELVES FROM ONE ANOTHER, BUT TO ENGAGE. 00:03:58.908 --> 00:04:01.209 FROM ONE ANOTHER, BUT TO ENGAGE. THE IRONY IN ALL THIS IS THAT 00:04:01.211 --> 00:04:02.902 THE IRONY IN ALL THIS IS THAT WHAT OUR NATION NEEDS, ONE OF 00:04:02.913 --> 00:04:04.936 WHAT OUR NATION NEEDS, ONE OF THE MANY THINGS IT NEEDS IS THE 00:04:04.947 --> 00:04:06.438 THE MANY THINGS IT NEEDS IS THE ABILITY TO DISCUSS OUR 00:04:06.449 --> 00:04:07.816 ABILITY TO DISCUSS OUR DIFFERENCES OPENLY, HONESTLY, 00:04:07.817 --> 00:04:09.851 DIFFERENCES OPENLY, HONESTLY, PEACEFULLY, RESPECTFULLY. AND 00:04:09.853 --> 00:04:12.421 PEACEFULLY, RESPECTFULLY. AND CHARLIE KIRK DID THAT MORE THAN 00:04:12.422 --> 00:04:14.256 CHARLIE KIRK DID THAT MORE THAN ANYONE ALIVE IN AMERICA TODAY 00:04:14.257 --> 00:04:21.296 ANYONE ALIVE IN AMERICA TODAY IS DOING. AND CHARLIE KIRK WAS 00:04:21.331 --> 00:04:24.456 IS DOING. AND CHARLIE KIRK WAS IMPACTFUL. IMPACTFUL BECAUSE OF 00:04:24.467 --> 00:04:25.901 IMPACTFUL. IMPACTFUL BECAUSE OF ALL THE THINGS I’VE SAID. BUT 00:04:25.936 --> 00:04:28.037 ALL THE THINGS I’VE SAID. BUT LOOK AROUND THIS PLACE. THERE’S 00:04:28.038 --> 00:04:29.829 LOOK AROUND THIS PLACE. THERE’S 100 SOMETHING THOUSAND PEOPLE 00:04:29.840 --> 00:04:31.096 100 SOMETHING THOUSAND PEOPLE HERE. THE PRESIDENT OF THE 00:04:31.107 --> 00:04:33.075 HERE. THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IS HERE. HIS 00:04:33.076 --> 00:04:34.109 UNITED STATES IS HERE. HIS ENTIRE CABINET IS HERE. 00:04:34.144 --> 00:04:35.968 ENTIRE CABINET IS HERE. TELEVISION OUTLETS AND MEDIA 00:04:35.979 --> 00:04:38.080 TELEVISION OUTLETS AND MEDIA OUTLETS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD 00:04:38.081 --> 00:04:39.815 OUTLETS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD ARE COVERING THIS. I JUST CAME 00:04:39.850 --> 00:04:41.007 ARE COVERING THIS. I JUST CAME FROM OVERSEAS AND EVERY COUNTRY 00:04:41.018 --> 00:04:42.284 FROM OVERSEAS AND EVERY COUNTRY I STOPPED, THEY GAVE US THEIR 00:04:42.285 --> 00:04:44.753 I STOPPED, THEY GAVE US THEIR CONDOLENCES FOR HIS PASSING, 00:04:44.754 --> 00:04:46.622 CONDOLENCES FOR HIS PASSING, IMPACTFUL AND JUST 31 YEARS OF 00:04:46.656 --> 00:04:50.516 IMPACTFUL AND JUST 31 YEARS OF LIFE. HE MADE A DIFFERENCE. HE 00:04:50.527 --> 00:04:51.651 LIFE. HE MADE A DIFFERENCE. HE MATTERED AND HE WILL MATTER NOW 00:04:51.662 --> 00:04:54.062 MATTERED AND HE WILL MATTER NOW MORE THAN HE EVER HAS BEFORE. 00:04:54.064 --> 00:04:56.465 MORE THAN HE EVER HAS BEFORE. AND LET ME CLOSE WITH THIS. HOW 00:04:56.466 --> 00:04:58.834 AND LET ME CLOSE WITH THIS. HOW DO YOU REMEMBER? THIS IS A 00:04:58.869 --> 00:05:00.169 DO YOU REMEMBER? THIS IS A MEMORIAL SERVICE. IT’S TO HONOR 00:05:00.170 --> 00:05:02.395 MEMORIAL SERVICE. IT’S TO HONOR HIM. HOW DO YOU BEST REMEMBER 00:05:02.406 --> 00:05:03.062 HIM. HOW DO YOU BEST REMEMBER IT? I’LL TAKE THE LIBERTY OF 00:05:03.073 --> 00:05:04.941 IT? I’LL TAKE THE LIBERTY OF SAYING WHAT I THINK WE CAN BEST 00:05:04.975 --> 00:05:07.867 SAYING WHAT I THINK WE CAN BEST DO. LOOK, I THINK HE HAD A 00:05:07.878 --> 00:05:08.768 DO. LOOK, I THINK HE HAD A TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON YOUNG 00:05:08.779 --> 00:05:10.603 TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON YOUNG AMERICANS IN GENERAL. I THINK 00:05:10.614 --> 00:05:11.805 AMERICANS IN GENERAL. I THINK HE HAD A VERY SPECIAL AND 00:05:11.816 --> 00:05:13.673 HE HAD A VERY SPECIAL AND DIRECT IMPACT ON YOUNG MEN IN 00:05:13.684 --> 00:05:15.952 DIRECT IMPACT ON YOUNG MEN IN THIS COUNTRY. THAT’S ONE OF THE 00:05:15.986 --> 00:05:17.009 THIS COUNTRY. THAT’S ONE OF THE GREATEST DEVELOPMENTS I’VE SEEN. 00:05:17.020 --> 00:05:18.955 GREATEST DEVELOPMENTS I’VE SEEN. IT’S BEEN VERY POSITIVE. I 00:05:18.989 --> 00:05:25.585 IT’S BEEN VERY POSITIVE. I THINK WE REMEMBER HIM FOR THAT. 00:05:25.596 --> 00:05:27.720 THINK WE REMEMBER HIM FOR THAT. I THINK WE REMEMBER HIM FOR 00:05:27.731 --> 00:05:28.898 I THINK WE REMEMBER HIM FOR CONSTANTLY SAYING, YOU WANT TO 00:05:28.899 --> 00:05:30.633 CONSTANTLY SAYING, YOU WANT TO LIVE A PRODUCTIVE LIFE, GET 00:05:30.634 --> 00:05:32.168 LIVE A PRODUCTIVE LIFE, GET MARRIED, START A FAMILY, LOVE 00:05:32.202 --> 00:05:33.259 MARRIED, START A FAMILY, LOVE YOUR COUNTRY. THESE ARE 00:05:33.270 --> 00:05:36.473 YOUR COUNTRY. THESE ARE POWERFUL MESSAGES. BUT I HOPE 00:05:36.507 --> 00:05:37.030 POWERFUL MESSAGES. BUT I HOPE MANY WHO ARE WATCHING, I 00:05:37.041 --> 00:05:38.040 MANY WHO ARE WATCHING, I IMAGINE THERE ARE PEOPLE 00:05:38.042 --> 00:05:39.142 IMAGINE THERE ARE PEOPLE WATCHING HERE TONIGHT THAT 00:05:39.143 --> 00:05:40.677 WATCHING HERE TONIGHT THAT DIDN’T KNOW MUCH ABOUT CHARLIE 00:05:40.711 --> 00:05:42.011 DIDN’T KNOW MUCH ABOUT CHARLIE KIRK UNTIL 11 DAYS AGO. MAYBE 00:05:42.012 --> 00:05:43.135 KIRK UNTIL 11 DAYS AGO. MAYBE THEY WERE DISENGAGED FROM 00:05:43.146 --> 00:05:44.704 THEY WERE DISENGAGED FROM POLITICS. MAYBE THEY WERE 00:05:44.715 --> 00:05:45.882 POLITICS. MAYBE THEY WERE PARTIALLY ENGAGED. I HOPE ONE 00:05:45.916 --> 00:05:48.017 PARTIALLY ENGAGED. I HOPE ONE OF THE THINGS THEY TAKE FROM 00:05:48.018 --> 00:05:48.908 OF THE THINGS THEY TAKE FROM THIS IS THAT THE MOVEMENT 00:05:48.919 --> 00:05:50.343 THIS IS THAT THE MOVEMENT CHARLIE KIRK LED AND STARTED 00:05:50.354 --> 00:05:52.789 CHARLIE KIRK LED AND STARTED AND GAVE FUEL TO WAS ABOUT 00:05:52.823 --> 00:05:54.747 AND GAVE FUEL TO WAS ABOUT POLITICS, BUT NOT ONLY ABOUT 00:05:54.758 --> 00:05:56.726 POLITICS, BUT NOT ONLY ABOUT POLITICS. IT WAS DEEPER, IT WAS 00:05:56.727 --> 00:05:59.462 POLITICS. IT WAS DEEPER, IT WAS BROADER. AND I WOULD SAY THAT 00:05:59.463 --> 00:06:00.863 BROADER. AND I WOULD SAY THAT TAKING THE LIBERTY. BUT I’M 00:06:00.865 --> 00:06:02.099 TAKING THE LIBERTY. BUT I’M CONFIDENT HE WOULD AGREE. ONE 00:06:02.133 --> 00:06:03.824 CONFIDENT HE WOULD AGREE. ONE OF THE THINGS HE WANTS US TO 00:06:03.835 --> 00:06:05.892 OF THE THINGS HE WANTS US TO TAKE AWAY FROM THIS, FROM ALL 00:06:05.903 --> 00:06:08.705 TAKE AWAY FROM THIS, FROM ALL OF THIS, IS THE FOLLOWING. HIS 00:06:08.739 --> 00:06:11.698 OF THIS, IS THE FOLLOWING. HIS DEEP BELIEF THAT WE WERE ALL 00:06:11.709 --> 00:06:13.734 DEEP BELIEF THAT WE WERE ALL CREATED, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US, 00:06:13.745 --> 00:06:15.011 CREATED, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US, BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF TIME BY 00:06:15.046 --> 00:06:17.271 BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF TIME BY THE HANDS OF THE GOD OF THE 00:06:17.282 --> 00:06:18.772 THE HANDS OF THE GOD OF THE UNIVERSE AND ALL POWERFUL GOD 00:06:18.783 --> 00:06:20.717 UNIVERSE AND ALL POWERFUL GOD WHO LOVED US AND CREATED US FOR 00:06:20.751 --> 00:06:22.275 WHO LOVED US AND CREATED US FOR THE PURPOSE OF LIVING WITH HIM 00:06:22.286 --> 00:06:23.987 THE PURPOSE OF LIVING WITH HIM IN ETERNITY. BUT THEN SIN 00:06:23.988 --> 00:06:26.323 IN ETERNITY. BUT THEN SIN ENTERED THE WORLD AND SEPARATED 00:06:26.357 --> 00:06:27.814 ENTERED THE WORLD AND SEPARATED US FROM OUR CREATOR. AND SO GOD 00:06:27.825 --> 00:06:30.050 US FROM OUR CREATOR. AND SO GOD TOOK ON THE FORM OF A MAN, AND 00:06:30.061 --> 00:06:31.852 TOOK ON THE FORM OF A MAN, AND CAME DOWN AND LIVED AMONG US. 00:06:31.863 --> 00:06:35.132 CAME DOWN AND LIVED AMONG US. AND HE SUFFERED LIKE MEN, AND 00:06:35.166 --> 00:06:37.791 AND HE SUFFERED LIKE MEN, AND HE DIED LIKE A MAN. BUT ON THE 00:06:37.802 --> 00:06:39.970 HE DIED LIKE A MAN. BUT ON THE THIRD DAY HE ROSE UNLIKE ANY 00:06:39.971 --> 00:06:45.766 THIRD DAY HE ROSE UNLIKE ANY MORTAL MAN. AND THEN. AND TO 00:06:45.777 --> 00:06:48.045 MORTAL MAN. AND THEN. AND TO PROVE ANY DOUBTERS WRONG, HE 00:06:48.079 --> 00:06:48.969 PROVE ANY DOUBTERS WRONG, HE ATE WITH HIS DISCIPLES SO THEY 00:06:48.980 --> 00:06:51.104 ATE WITH HIS DISCIPLES SO THEY COULD SEE. AND THEY TOUCHED HIS 00:06:51.115 --> 00:06:52.950 COULD SEE. AND THEY TOUCHED HIS WOUNDS. HE DIDN’T RISE AS A 00:06:52.984 --> 00:06:54.808 WOUNDS. HE DIDN’T RISE AS A GHOST OR AS A SPIRIT, BUT HIS 00:06:54.819 --> 00:06:56.854 GHOST OR AS A SPIRIT, BUT HIS FLESH. AND THEN HE ROSE TO 00:06:56.888 --> 00:06:58.045 FLESH. AND THEN HE ROSE TO HEAVEN. BUT HE PROMISED HE 00:06:58.056 --> 00:07:00.080 HEAVEN. BUT HE PROMISED HE WOULD RETURN, AND HE WILL. AND 00:07:00.091 --> 00:07:02.459 WOULD RETURN, AND HE WILL. AND WHEN HE RETURNS, BECAUSE HE 00:07:02.493 --> 00:07:03.793 WHEN HE RETURNS, BECAUSE HE TOOK ON THAT DEATH, BECAUSE HE 00:07:03.795 --> 00:07:05.095 TOOK ON THAT DEATH, BECAUSE HE CARRIED THAT CROSS, WE WERE 00:07:05.096 --> 00:07:06.687 CARRIED THAT CROSS, WE WERE FREED FROM THE SIN THAT 00:07:06.698 --> 00:07:07.922 FREED FROM THE SIN THAT SEPARATED US FROM HIM. AND WHEN 00:07:07.933 --> 00:07:10.424 SEPARATED US FROM HIM. AND WHEN HE RETURNS, THERE WILL BE A NEW 00:07:10.435 --> 00:07:11.802 HE RETURNS, THERE WILL BE A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH, AND WE 00:07:11.803 --> 00:07:13.103 HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH, AND WE WILL ALL BE TOGETHER, AND WE 00:07:13.104 --> 00:07:15.472 WILL ALL BE TOGETHER, AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT 00:07:15.507 --> 00:07:16.774 ARE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT REUNION THERE AGAIN WITH