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Stran 87 - There is no other course open 'to us but to fight it out. Every position must be held to the last man; 'there must be no retirement. With our backs to the wall, and believing in 'the justice of our cause, each one of us must fight on to the end. The safety 'of our homes and the freedom of mankind depend alike upon the conduct 'of each one of us at this critical moment.
Stran 86 - But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest our hearts — for democracy, for the right of those who submit to authority to have a voice in their own governments...
Stran 70 - Third, every territorial settlement involved in this war must be made in the Interest and for the benefit of the populations concerned and not as a part of any mere adjustment or compromise of claims amongst rival States...
Stran 86 - We have no selfish ends to serve. We desire no conquest, no dominion. We seek no indemnities for ourselves, no material compensation for the sacrifices we shall freely make. We are but one of the champions of the rights of mankind. We shall be satisfied when those rights have been made as secure as the faith and the freedom of nations can make them.
Stran 86 - ... we shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest our hearts, for democracy, for the right of those who submit to authority to have a voice in their own governments, for the rights and liberties of small nations, for a universal dominion of right by such a concert of free peoples as shall bring peace and safety to all nations and make the world itself at last free.
Stran 70 - ... peoples and provinces are not to be bartered about from sovereignty to sovereignty as if they were mere chattels and pawns in a game...
Stran 70 - Fourth, that all well-defined national aspirations shall be accorded the utmost satisfaction that can be accorded them without Introducing new or perpetuating old elements of discord and antagonism...
Stran 87 - What we seek is the reign of law, based upon the consent of the governed and sustained by the organized opinion of mankind.
Stran 86 - The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty. We have no selfish ends to serve. We desire no conquest, no dominion. We seek no indemnities for ourselves, no material compensation for the sacrifices we shall freely make. We are but one of the champions of the rights of mankind.
Stran 89 - Here's health to you and to our Corps Which we are proud to serve; In many a strife we've fought for life And never lost our nerve...