"My dear friends, this is your hour. This is not victory of a party or
of any class. It's a victory of the great British nation as a whole. We
were the first, in this ancient island, to draw the sword against
tyranny. After a while we were left all alone against the most
tremendous military power that has been seen. We were all alone for a
whole year."
"There we stood, alone. Did anyone want to give in? Were we
down-hearted? The lights went out and the bombs came down. But every
man, woman and child in the country had no thought of quitting the
struggle. London can take it. So we came back after long months from the
jaws of death, out of the mouth of hell, while all the world wondered.
When shall the reputation and faith of this generation of English men
and women fail?"
"I say that in the long years to come not only will the people of this
island but of the world, wherever the bird of freedom chirps in human
hearts, look back to what we've done and they will say 'do not despair,
do not yield to violence and tyranny, march straightforward and die if
need be-unconquered.'
"Now we have emerged from one deadly struggle – a terrible foe has
been cast on the ground and awaits our judgement and our mercy."
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