ated this immoral and obsolete tradition must be finally overcome.
T. G. Masaryk
Czech Statesman and Philosopher,
Leader of the Czecho-Slovak
Revolution, 1917
Relying in this historical moment upon the natural right of each nation to self-determination and free development, fortified further by irrevocable historical rights and state papers of undoubted validity, we shåll demand at the head of our people the union of all branches of the Czecho-Slovak people into one democratic Bohemian state, which shall include the Slovak branch connected geographically with the historical Bohemian fatherland . . .
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