"That is our position," said Mr. Eden, "and that is one of the reasons why the chances of victory are more in our favour than Germany's. Superior sea power we possess, and superior air power, which we are determined to reach, combined with an ever-increasing army will secure our victory.
"And when the time comes for us to strike, where will Hitler's Sth column be found? Where will he find friends? Like ghosts arising from the dead with arms in their hands, the nations he ravished for a season will turn upon him.
"Then we shall not be alone. Then the foreign legions now being formed in dur midst, small in numbers but great in heart, will be swollen into a multitude of men demanding freedom and going out, sword in hand, to recover it. For a short season we shall fight alone, and are proud to fight alone until the forces of freedom are marshalled in their tens of thousands."
Referring to the future, Mr. Eden said: "We are determined that the world shall not be the same after this war as it was before. There must be no third war in our time or our children's time. No half measures, no buying off of implacable enemies, but a full measure of peace between free nations based upon principles in which we have confidence because they are right.
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