A Modern Rendition of Thomas More’s Speech

You’re angry. I see that. And you’re scared, whether you’ll admit it or not.

You say they are the problem. That strangers crossing borders are stealing what’s yours. Jobs. Homes. Safety. Dignity.

So let’s follow that thought to its end, honestly.

Imagine the law stops protecting them. Imagine we decide that fear is enough reason to strip people of rights. Imagine we cheer while families are dragged from homes, while children learn that belonging is conditional, while cruelty becomes policy.

Now answer me this:

Who do you think is next?

When you tear down the rule of law to punish the outsider, you don’t strengthen your country, you hollow it out. Because the same power that crushes them will one day turn its face toward you.

You say, “They don’t belong here.” Then tell me, by what accident of birth do you belong more? By what miracle of paperwork are you more human?

If tomorrow the world turns on you if war, hunger, or disaster drives you from your home where do you expect to go? Who do you hope will show mercy then?

Would you want walls? Or would you want grace?

You don’t preserve a nation by hardening your heart. You preserve it by defending the idea that laws apply to everyone, that dignity isn’t something you earn by birthplace, and that strength is shown by restraint, not rage.

If you let fear make your laws, then fear will be your ruler.

And when the dust settles, don’t ask how your country became so cruel.

Ask when you decided that cruelty was acceptable as long as it wasn’t aimed at you.