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Richard Von Coudenhove: The New Angel Of Peace

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America. A powerful word that represents concord, bravery, success, and opportunity. It is only found within our past the dreams and aspirations of the world of tomorrow. Peace. A motto, belief and symbol prevalent in America’s society. A term derived from Ramses the Great himself, when he stated: “I have set for thee the mighty, victory and strength of thy mighty sword in every land ... I assign them to thy mighty sword ... I have thy terror in every heart ... I have set thy fear in every country, thy fear encircles the mountains, and the chiefs tremble at the mention of thee...; they come to thee, crying out together, to crave unity from thee.” Many millenniums after, during the peak of World War II, the founder of the Paneuropean Union, Richard von Coudenhove, stated these momentous words: “... the inauguration of such a glorious century of peace demands from us abandonment of old conceptions of amity. The new Angel of Peace must no longer be pictured as a charming but helpless lady with an olive branch in her hand, but like the Goddess of Justice with a balance in her left and a sword in her right; or like the Archangel Michael, with a fiery sword and wings of steel, fighting the devil to restore and protect the armistice of heaven.” …show more content…

Well, it has been shown through our history time and time again that America desires a world, where one does not need to fear of an attack from a rogue nation, fear of radical groups threatening their livelihoods, fear of a missiled attack in your neighborhood. Well, that's why our founding fathers came to the new land in the first place. Many of the people who settled in the New World came to escape religious persecution. As one of our founding fathers Patrick Henry, stated, “ With war against Great Britain looming, I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me

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