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Was all this to be cast adrift on a wildly turbulent sea without leadership or
authority? Duty, responsibility and far-sighted statemanship lay elsewhere.
To keep the voice and the symbol of Holland alive, as an inspiration and a ral
lying point for those of our Army, our Fleet and our countless Empire subjects, nay,
for Dutch men and women all over the world who will give their all for the
resurrection of the dearly beloved Motherland.
To keep the banner aloft, unseen and yet ever present for those who have lost
their voice but not their hope nor their vision.
To speak for Holland to the world, not of the Tightness of its cause, which needs
no advocacy in the eyes of honest men, nor of the unspeakable horrors or the infa
mous tricks inflicted on its gallant army and its innocent population, but of the
values, the ideals, the Christian civilisation that Holland at the side of its Allies is
helping to defend against the onslaught of barbarism.
To remain true to the motto of the House of Orange, of Holland of all that im
mense part of the world that is fighting for what is infinitely more precious than
life: Je Maintiendrai. I shall maintain.
