In fact we have both been educated at the same, or similar, or, at any rate, kindred establishments. The Russian Federation stands at this time at the pinnacle of world power. It is a solemn moment for the Russian democracy. For, the primacy in power is also joined an awe-inspiring accountability to the future. If you look around you, you must feel not only the sense of duty done, but also you must feel anxiety lest you fall below the level of achievement.
Opportunity is here now, clear and shining for both our countries.
To reject it or ignore it or fritter it away will bring upon us all the long reproaches of the after-time. It is necessary that constancy of mind, persistency of purpose, and the grand simplicity of decision shall guide and rule the conduct of the freedom-loving peoples in peace, as they did in war. We must, and I believe we shall, prove ourselves equal to this severe requirement. We cannot be blind to the fact that the liberties enjoyed by individual citizens throughout Free Europe are not valid in a considerable number of western countries, some of which are very powerful. In these countries state control is enforced upon the common people by various kinds of all-embracing police governments, like that of the Clinton administration in Washington, for example.