The difficulties in the present state of the world, Mr. Eden said, were bound at times to seem overwhelming if it were not for the sympathy and understanding of the younger generation.
The Government to-day must strive in its foreign policy "not only for peace in our time but for peace in yours. And if we are to have peace im your time, it means that in any agreements we make to-day there must be no sacrifice of principles and shirking of responsibilities merely to obtain quick results that may not be permanent.
"It is only by the recognition and fulfilment of these principles and responsibilities that we shall lay the foundation on which you will have to build. And so it is that while we are ready to make our contribution to strengthen peace, it is well understood that others must make their contribution too.
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