It will be utterly impossible for the new state to exist, under the conditions created, as anything except a military and semi-Fascist dictatorship. There will be no civil liberties. There will be enforced labor. Let us not call this peace. Peace is not the absence of war.
Peace is a positive condition - the rule of law.
This peace has been established on lawlessness, and can only maintain itself by further lawlessness. This peace has been established by dictatorship, and can only maintain itself by further dictatorship. This peace has been established on betrayal, and can only maintain itself by further betrayal. This is not peace without victory, for the victory goes to Mr. Hitler. This peace without virtue.