Posted on 07/30/2007 12:00:22 AM PDT by RWR8189
Within a few weeks of becoming prime minister of Great Britain, I have come to the United States to affirm the historic partnership of shared purpose that unites our two countries.
Outside observers may think of even great alliances only in narrow, 19th-century terms: treaties of convenience driven forward by nothing more than mutual needs and current interests.
Yet I believe our Atlantic partnership is rooted in something far more fundamental and lasting than common interests or even common history: It is anchored in shared ideals that have for two centuries linked the destinies of our two countries. Winston Churchill spoke of what he called "the joint inheritance" of Britain and America. But he was thinking of more than just the dates, places and institutions of our shared historical experience. The joint inheritance he wrote of was a shared belief in what he called "the great principles of 'freedom and the rights of man.' " Values that started with the British idea of liberty -- from our bill of rights to English common law -- found their most famous expression in the American Declaration of Independence. It led President Ronald Reagan to say that for someone going from Britain to America or from America to Britain it is like "a moment of kinship and homecoming."
It is because ours is a partnership of purpose founded on values that it has lasted.
And when today, at my meeting with President Bush, I speak of a joint inheritance not just of shared history but shared values
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Well, I’ll be.....
What a load.
Well said!
Well said.
I don’t trust this extreme socialist. Big Brother has taken
over in the U.K. and Brown wants even more government
involvement.
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