Speeches play a dual role—on the one hand, they are an informational tool, and, on the other, they are a political act, as they contain a decision on the policy that will be pursued from now on. The words of leaders have defined the policy of states in defence of the order based on international law and mobilised the international community to defend the threatened values. The defence of the principles of the international order does not depend on legal or institutional mechanisms alone, but also—and perhaps most importantly—on the willingness of Member States to stand up for these values. As Winston Churchill noted in his speech in Zurich on 19 September 1946: “The League of Nations did not fail because of its principles or conceptions. It failed because those principles were deserted by those states which brought it into being”. Having learned from this warning, the leaders of the Free World, whose speeches we have decided to bring to our readers, decided to stand up for the UN Charter, the prohibition of armed aggression, and the right to self-defence in the name of sovereignty and territorial integrity. This fact is worth appreciating and keeping in mind.