1 - Winston Churchill

IMMORTAL WORDSIf the Western Democracies stand together in strict adherence to theprinciples of the United Nations Charter, their influence for furtheringthose principles will be immense and no one is likely to molest them.If however they become divided or falter in their duty, and if all theseimportant years are allowed to slip away, then indeed catastrophe mayoverwhelm us all."Last time I saw it all coming, andcried aloud to my own fellow countrymenand to the world, but no one paid any attention...Nowsurely, ladies and gentlemen,surely, I put it to you: we must not letthat happen again...."If we walk forward in sedateand sober strength, seeking noone's land or treasure, seekingto lay no arbitrary controlupon the thoughts ofmen; if all British moraland material forces andconvictions are joinedwith your own in fraternalassociation, thehighroads of the futurewill be clear, not onlyfor us but for all, notonly for our time, butfor a century tocome."WSC, FULTON, MO. 5 MARCH 1946