"Does it make nothing for us that we have always recognized our Christian teachers as worthy of authority in our councils, and repudiated those whose influence or character was vicious or irreligious? That while four-fifths of the population of our Islands was swept out of existence by the vices introduced by foreigners, the ruling class clung to Christian morality, and gave its unvarying support and service to the work of saving and civilizing the masses? Has not this class loyally clung to the brotherly alliance made with the better element of foreign settlers, giving freely of its authority and its substance, its sons and its daughters, to cement and to prosper it" -- Hawai`i's Story by Hawai`i's Queen Chp. LVII
This is my favorite quote because Queen Lili'uokalani uses sarcasm in her language to convey her point. Her language is very direct and straight forward in her rhetorical questions she uses. The goal of this language is to address the pressing questions that are so avoided, but her language conveys that the actions still continue and she wants to answer those questions.
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