Europe is a large family

Sir Winston Churchill said that the price of greatness is responsibility.

Perhaps no people paid that price more than those whofoughtforpeaceinWorld War II.

Perhaps no one achieved greatness more than Churchill himself.

Perhaps no country has shouldered responsibility more than the UK.

We must recognize our greatness. We must address the moral and philosophical questions that Brexit poses.

We must appreciate our history and our inheritance. 383,700 Britons paid the ultimatepricetosecurefreedoms that are almost too hard to appreciate.

TheEUconsolidated these freedoms. The 2012 Nobel Peace Prize acknowledged this and looked to the future. Wemustpreserveourincred- ible and hard-fought inheritance.

To leave the EU will create uncertainty and instability within the UK and the EU.

It will create the paths and the impetus for other countries to leave the EU.

The EU is so much more than a common market and free trade between European countries: it recognizesthatas Europeanswearetrulybrothers and sisters.

It is an emotional and familiar bond. WithFranceand Germany we are not parents, but elder siblings. Keeping the family together strengthens us all. Ourresponsibility, and duty to remain, honours those who fought to achieve the greatness we are.

It recognizes our ever continuing responsibility for peace and harmony.