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New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 148, 24 April 1942, Page 11

6 The British Way Democracy & Freedom THE CITIZENS CHOICE "Alone among the nations of the world we have found the 0} means to combine Empire and liberty; said Winston 66 Churchill in one of his wartime speeches: Alone among the peoples we have reconciled democracy and tradition: Alone we have found the way to carry forward the glories of the past through all the storms, domestic and foreign, that bave surged about, and thus to bring the labours of our forbears a8 a splendid inheritance for modern, prO- gressive democracy to enjoy: It is that inheritance which inspires the Empire in its fight for liberty; t0 protect that inheritance is the duty of all citizens in their daily lives: The British people have learned to rcconcile democracy and tradition; the wise citizen has lcarned to reconcile freedom with restraint Because some people-a small minority in the community ~occasionally are guilty of excess in their appreciation of alcoholic beverages, a false impression is given of public behaviour generally. Human nature, of course, is not perfect, and moderation is not a universal virtue: It i8 possible, no doubt, t0 prevent all wrong acts ~simply turn the nation into a state of regimentation and suppress all individuality. The British way is to improve by education and discussion~the democratic way--and by the example of reasonable and public spirited citizens: An amnouacement issed in tbe Nation 5 interests by tbe National Council of tbe Licensed Trade of New Zealand 42