Australia Stories: Peace in 1918, War in 1941
1918: "If the peace which we are going to make in Europe should lead, as I trust it will, to the liberation of captive nationalities...it will remove for ever most of the causes of possible wars. The only sure foundation for a State is a Government freely elected by millions of people, and as many millions as possible. It is fatal to swerve from that conception." This brief letter abounds with Churchillian wisdom. Had only we followed it. If only we were following it today....
