PLEASE ANSWER The passage below is from The Crisis, written by Thomas Paine in 1776.
These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the
sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country;
but he that stands it now deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
What effect did Thomas Paine intend this passage to have on his readers?

A. persuade Loyalists to desert the British cause

B. explain to colonists why they were fighting against the British

C. encourage soldiers of the Continental Army to keep on fighting

D. help colonists
understand the reasons for recent British victories

The quote below is an excerpt from the charter of the united nations: "the purposes of the united nations are: to maintain international peace and security, and to that end: to take effective collective measures for the prevention and removal of threats to the peace, and for the suppression of acts of aggression or other breaches of the peace, and to bring about by peaceful means, and in conformity with the principles of justice and international law, adjustment or settlement of international disputes or situations which might lead to a breach of the peace . " source:this section implies that the united nations is prepared to do what to keep world peace?