1946. Zurich’s speech Churchill

70 years ago, on September 19, 1946, Winston Churchill, speaking at the University of Zurich, said: “We must build a kind of United States of Europe. Only thanks to the creation of such an organization, hundreds of millions of workers will be able to again find simple joys and hopes for which it is worth living ... why not in Europe that the peoples of this restless and great continent in a feeling of more feelings are more able to arise in Europe. Wide patriotism and general citizenship? "

This speech is considered a starting point in the creation of the European Union.