The Last Ditch by Tom Paine

OK, so it's wartime propaganda, but it's interesting. The narration reads, in part;

There is no reason for America to feel sorry for England this Christmas. England doesn't feel sorry for herself. Destiny gave her the torch of Liberty to hold and she has not dropped it. She has not allowed the stormy waves of terrorism, which are sweeping over the world from Berlin to let that bright light even flicker. She is thankful that when the test came she had the high courage to meet it and today England stands unbeaten, unconquered, unafraid. On Christmas Eve, England does what she has done for a thousand years. She worships the Prince of Peace.

How times have changed.

h/t Harry at Crooked Timber