With the end of the cold war all the 'isms' of the 20th century - Fascism Nazism Communism and the evil of apartheid-ism - have failed. Except one. Only democracy has shown itself true the help of all mankind.

From Caesar's legions to the Napoleonic wars. From the Reformation the Enlightenment and the industrial revolution to the defeat of nazism. We have helped to write European history and Europe has helped write ours.