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There Must Not Be Lacking In Our Leadership Something Of That Spirit Of The Austrian Corporal Who, When All Had Fallen Into Ruins Around Him, And When Germany Seemed To Have Fallen Into Chaos, Did Not Hesitate To March Forth Against The Vast Army Of Victorious Nations And Has Already Turned The Tables Decisively Against Them.

At The Bottom Of All The Tributes Paid To Democracy Is The Little Man, Walking Into The Little Booth, With A Little Pencil, Making A Little Cross On A Little Bit Of Paper-no Amount Of Rhetoric Or Voluminous Discussion Can Possibly Diminish The Overwhelming Importance Of The Point.

Judged By Every Standard Which History Has Applied To Governments, The Soviet Government Of Russia Is One Of The Worst Tyrannies That Has Ever Existed In The World. It Accords No Political Rights. It Rules By Terror. It Punishes Political Opinions. It Suppresses Free Speech. It Tolerates No Newspapers But Its Own. It Persecutes Christianity With A Zeal And A Cunning Never Equalled Since The Times Of The Roman Emperors. It Is Engaged At This Moment In Trampling Down The Peoples Of Georgia And Executing Their Leaders By Hundreds.

This Is A War Of The Unknown Warriors; But Let All Strive Without Failing In Faith Or In Duty, And The Dark Curse Of Hitler Will Be Lifted From Our Age.

It Seems To Me That The Moment Has Come When The Question Of Bombing Of German Cities Simply For The Sake Of Increasing The Terror, Though Under Other Pretexts, Should Be Reviewed.