Everyone would be glad to see the burden of armaments reduced in every country, but history shows on many a page that armaments are not necessarily a cause of war and that the want of them has been no guarantee of peace.
If, for instance, all the explosives all over the world could, by a wave of a magic wand be robbed of their power and made harmless, so that not a cannon nor a rifle could fire and not a shell or a bomb detonate, that would be a measure of world disarmament far beyond the brightest dreams of Geneva, but would it insure peace? That is the question.
On the contrary, in my belief, war would begin almost the next day when enormous masses of fierce men armed with picks, spades, or with clubs and spears, would pour over the frontiers into the lands they covet.
This truth may be unfashionable, unpalatable, no doubt unpopular, but, if it is the truth, the story of mankind shows that war was universal and unceasing for millions of years before armaments were invented or armies organized.
Indeed, the lucid intervals of peace and order only occurred in human history after armaments in the hands of strong governments have come into being, and civilization in every age has been nursed only in cradles guarded by superior weapons and superior discipline.
... When we look out upon the state of Europe and of the world and of the position of our own country as they are tonight, it seems to me that the next year or two years may contain a faithful turning point in our history.
I am afraid that if you look intently at what is moving towards Great Britain, you will see that the only choice open is the old grim choice our forebears had to face, namely, whether we shall submit or whether we shall prepare, whether we shall submit to the will of the stronger nation or whether we shall prepare to defend our rights, our liberties, and indeed, our lives.
If we submit, our submission should be timely. If we prepare, our preparation should not be too late.
... You have heard the old doctrine of the balance of power.
I don't accept it.
Anything like a balance of power in Europe will lead to war.
Great wars usually come only when both sides think they have good hopes of victory.
Peace must -be founded upon preponderance. There is safety in numbers. If there were five or six on each side, there might well be, a frightful trial of strength, but if there were eight or ten on one side and only one or two upon the other, and if the collective armed forces of one side were three or four times as large as those of the other, then there would be no war.
CHURCHILL WAS RIGHT THEN - AND HE IS RIGHT NOW.
OBAMA'S SOPHOMORIC POLICIES OF APPEASEMENT AND DISARMAMENT ONLY MAKE US LESS SAFE.
WHEN OBAMA MOVED INTO THE OVAL OFFICE HE RUDELY RETURNED A BUST OF CHURCHILL WHICH THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT GAVE US AFTER 9/11.
WORSE THAN THAT: OBAMA HAS TURNED HIS BACK ON CHURCHILL'S WISDOM. OBAMA IS MORE LIKE ATTLEE AND CHAMBERLAIN.
AND WE SHALL ALL SUFFER AS A RESULT.
UNLESS SOMETHING CHANGES - SOON.
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