It must be made clear to the world that Great Britain's greater strength would not be used to impose its will, but rather to uphold certain standards of international conduct, without which prosperity could not flourish nor peace endure.
It must, too, be made plain that it would not be used for the exclusive preservation of any privileges that Great Britain might enjoy.
The British, Mr. Eden declared, sought freer trade—tewer trade as well as fewer political barriers.
In conclusion, Mr. Eden said that hand in hand with the re-equipment of the nation for defence should go new effort on a national scale to deal with domestic problems, and, foremost among them, was that of unemployment, the continued existence of which, he thought, was a standing reproach to democracy.
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