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Carlo Sforza [1873 - 1952]
Minister za zunanje zadeve Italije
18. november 1950
The
fate of Europe is largely in your
hands
Njegov govor:
Gentlemen, the fate of Europe is
largely in your hands. You can, if you wish, become the
successors, on this side of the Atlantic, of the men who in
America are still called the Fathers. The Fathers sacrificed
the wish for independence of the thirteen colonies and on
17th Sept. 1787 wrote the joint Constitution, beginning for
the first time with the famous words "We, the people of the
United States.''
What a wonderful day it will be for the whole world, but one
which must come if we wish to remain free men, when we
proclaim at Strasbourg "We, the people of Europe." It is
almost superhuman to imagine it. Yet this event will decide
whether Europe is to remain Europe or to become the
miserable little unknown peninsula of Asia which it was
before the miracle of Athens and Rome.
I know that the task is enormous. But if your decide to
undertake it, the grandeur of the task will determine the
greatness of your deeds.