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On March 6, 1946, amidst the desolation and hope of a new order, Winston Churchill spoke to Americans of their destiny:
The United States stands at this time at the pinnacle of world power. It is a solemn moment for the American democracy. With primacy in power is also joined an awe-inspiring accountability to the future. As you look around you, you must feel not only the sense of duty done but also feel anxiety lest you fall below the level of achievement. Opportunity is here now, clear and shining, for both our countries. To reject it or ignore it or fritter it away will bring upon us all the long reproaches of the after-time. It is necessary that constancy of mind, persistency of purpose and the grand simplicity of decision shall guide and rule the conduct of the English-speaking peoples in peace as they did in war. We must and I believe we shall prove ourselves equal to this severe requirement...
American rose to the challenge, shaping 'The American Century.'
After eighty years of leading the world in science, medicine, technology, industry. democratic governance, religious liberty, racial equality, gender parity, respect for personal freedom, etc., it now abdicates, retreating and surrendering on multiple fronts.
... From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an iron curtain has descended across the Continent.
What rough beast, its hour come at last, now slouches toward bringing down the curtain?
The United States stands at this time at the pinnacle of world power. It is a solemn moment for the American democracy. With primacy in power is also joined an awe-inspiring accountability to the future. As you look around you, you must feel not only the sense of duty done but also feel anxiety lest you fall below the level of achievement. Opportunity is here now, clear and shining, for both our countries. To reject it or ignore it or fritter it away will bring upon us all the long reproaches of the after-time. It is necessary that constancy of mind, persistency of purpose and the grand simplicity of decision shall guide and rule the conduct of the English-speaking peoples in peace as they did in war. We must and I believe we shall prove ourselves equal to this severe requirement...
American rose to the challenge, shaping 'The American Century.'
After eighty years of leading the world in science, medicine, technology, industry. democratic governance, religious liberty, racial equality, gender parity, respect for personal freedom, etc., it now abdicates, retreating and surrendering on multiple fronts.
... From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an iron curtain has descended across the Continent.
What rough beast, its hour come at last, now slouches toward bringing down the curtain?
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