To invest our time in serving the people and safeguarding their interests, so that we may spare them the disasters that have afflicted others, and open new windows of hope before them... and not waste our time or the country's in quarrels, vain debates, internal power struggles, sterile ideological battles and futile politicking. Wherever we may be, we must be in the service of the people, seeking their well-being and working to find solutions to their problems...

To turn our attention to the deprived and to the regions suffering from marginalization and exclusion, for their delay will inevitably pull the country backward and obstruct the path of rescue and progress... Let us be certain that Tunisia cannot advance as long as social injustice persists and stark disparities remain between the fortunate and the deprived... We must look to the "Tunisia below"; if we abandon, neglect, or lose it, it will drag us down into its depths...

We must not drain our administration, the very heartbeat of the country, of its skilled staff and competencies only to replace them with close associates, cronies, and sycophants. This would impose a new burden on an administration that is already in need of modernization, quality enhancement, and deep reforms. Otherwise, the nation, especially its vulnerable and deprived groups will bear the heavy cost of incompetence and failure, as is the case today.

We must not use the means and resources of the state, nor wield authority and spheres of influence, to settle scores, punish opponents, or weaken dissenters... We should narrow the circle of adversaries and expand the circle of friends, choosing a communication approach that steers clear of sensationalism and provocation, placing Tunisia in a process of unification rather than of division or partition... we should recognize that success lies in the broadest possible inclusion of Tunisians in public affairs and in the management of their daily lives, in reconciling them with their homeland, with politics, and with their elites...

We should not restrict freedoms under the pretext of reforms... Nor abandon great achievements for which generations have sacrificed and for which martyrs have fallen, under the justification of the imperatives of the moment... It is not Tunisia's fate to always lag behind and make only small steps forward, nor is it destined to sacrifice parts of its people each time for the benefit of others. We must make Tunisia a beautiful and smart synthesis of the best of what came before the Revolution and what followed it, and reject mediocrity, corruption, and mismanagement as fate; despair must never overpower our belief in the possibility of reform and Tunisia's takeoff toward a better future...

We should safeguard the sovereignty of our national decision-making and never submit to foreign tutelage or external dictates, regardless of their origin or the price offered (whether we are in opposition resisting authoritarianism or in power managing public affairs)... For when a Tunisian feels that decisions are not in their hands, that they are merely steered rather than choosing their own destiny, setting their priorities, and selecting their leaders, they will not remain silent for long...

We should let our concern for Tunisia outweigh our concern for our positions. Let us open our hearts and our doors to all Tunisians, and not allow fear of the future to creep into their hearts... Let us not burden the ship of Tunisia with despair, frustration, mistrust, and hopelessness, for if it is saved, we are all saved.