Never Give In! The Best of Winston Churchill's Speeches

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Arguably the most eloquent statesman of his time, Sir Winston Churchill delivered speeches that have inspired generation after generation. In this definitive collection, his grandson Winston S. Churchill pulls together all of his well-known speeches, as well as some lesser appreciated ones, ensuring that his eloquence will be shared with future generations. 0-7868-8870-9$16.00 / Time Warner Book Group

Illustrations

xvii

Acknowledgments

xix

Editor's Preface

xxi

Young Statesman 1897--1915

First political speech: `The dried up drain-pipe of Radicalism', 26 July 1897, Bath

(2)

`Escape!', 23 December 1899, Durban, South Africa

(2)

`The anniversary of my escape', 13 December 1900, New York

(1)

Maiden speech: `A certain splendid memory', 18 February 1901, House of Commons

(2)

Lifting again the `tattered flag', 13 May 1901, House of Commons

(2)

`An age of great events and little men', 21 November 1901, Liverpool

(1)

`A navy . . . to preserve the peace of the world', 17 January 1903, Oldham

(2)

`The mere washpot of plutocracy', 4 June 1904, Alexandra Palace, London

(2)

`For free trade', 16 June 1904, Cheetham Hill, Manchester

(2)

`Dear food for the millions', 13 May 1905, Manchester

(1)

`British hospitality', 9 October 1905, Cheetham Hill, Manchester

(1)

`No more garters for dukes', 14 December 1905, Manchester

(1)

`The gift of England', 31 July 1906, House of Commons

(1)

`The cause of the left-out millions', 11 October 1906, Glasgow

(3)

George Bernard Shaw: `A volcano', 22 October 1906, Free Trade Hall, Manchester

(1)

`My African journey', 18 January 1908, National Liberal Club, London

(1)

Socialism: `All yours is mine!', 22 January 1908, Cheetham, Manchester

(2)

The pen: `Liberator of man and of nations', 17 February 1908, London

(2)

`What is society?', 4 May 1908, Kinnaird Hall, Dundee

(1)

`I am the Board of Trade', 4 February 1909, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

(1)

The Budget: `Cannot afford to live or die', 22 May 1909, Manchester

(1)

`A violent rupture of constitutional custom', 4 September 1909, Leicester

(2)

`The most ancient and the most glorious monarchy', 4 December 1909, Southport

(1)

`The upkeep of the aristocracy', 17 December 1909, Burnley, Lancs

(2)

`For soldiers to fire on the people . . .', 7 February 1911, House of Commons

(2)

Unemployment insurance, 22 May 1911, House of Commons

(2)

National rail strike, 22 August 1911, House of Commons

(2)

`The maintenance of naval supremacy', 9 November 1911, Guildhall, London

(2)

`Why should not Ireland have her chance?', 8 February 1912, Belfast

(3)

`An age of incipient violence', 18 March 1912, House of Commons

(4)

`Air power', 10 November 1913, Guildhall, London

(1)

`Unconquerable and incomparable', 4 March 1914, London

(1)

`The world is armed as it was never armed before', 17 March 1914, House of Commons

(2)

`The war will be long and sombre', 11 September 1914, London

(3)

The Dardanelles, 5 June 1915, Dundee

(3)

`Take Constantinople!', 15 November 1915, House of Commons

(5)

Oblivion and Redemption 1916--29

`The hardest of tests', 23 May 1916, House of Commons

(1)

`Grappling with the most terrible foe', 31 May 1916, House of Commons

(4)

`Perils, sorrows and sufferings', 10 December 1917, Bedford

(1)

`The war is won!', 16 December 1918, Connaught Rooms, London

(2)

`Bolshevist atrocities', 11 April 1919, Connaught Rooms, London

(1)

Farewell to `the beer of Old England', 18 July 1919, London

(1)

`The Jews should have a National Home', 31 March 1921, Jerusalem

(1)

Lenin, 8 June 1921, Manchester

(2)

`The culture and glories of the Arab race', 14 June 1921, House of Commons

(3)

`The dreary steeples of Fermanagh and Tyrone', 16 February 1922, House of Commons

(1)

Conservative once more, 16 September 1925, Birmingham

(4)

`The follies of Socialism', 11 December 1925, Battersea

(1)

`Artful Dodger!', 22 April 1926, House of Commons

(1)

`The blushing Liberal bride', 22 October 1928, Chingford

(1)

`A disarmament fable', 24 October 1928, Aldersbrook

(5)

The Wilderness Years 1930--39

`A seditious Middle Temple lawyer', 23 February 1931, Epping

(1)

`Abandoning India', 18 March 1931, Royal Albert Hall, London

(2)

Prohibition, November/December 1931, Lecture Tour of the United States

(1)

`Bands of sturdy Teutonic youths', 23 November 1932, House of Commons

100

(2)

`Pontifical, anonymous mugwumpery', 22 February 1933, House of Commons

102

(1)

`England', 24 April 1933, Royal Society of St George, London

103

(2)

`Wars come very suddenly', 7 February 1934, House of Commons

105

(2)

`Germany is arming', 8 March 1934, House of Commons

107

(2)

`We lie within . . . striking distance', 16 November 1934, Broadcast, London

109

(2)

`A corridor of deepening and darkening danger', 31 May 1935, House of Commons

111

(4)

`You have unsettled everything . . .', 5 June 1935, House of Commons

115

(2)

`I am a Treaty man', 10 July 1935, House of Commons

117

(2)

`Naval security', 24 July 1935, Harlow

119

(1)

`Abyssinia has been invaded', 8 October 1935, Chingford

119

(2)

`Nazidom . . . with all its hatreds', 24 October 1935, House of Commons

121

(3)

`Germany . . . fears no one', March 1936, House of Commons

124

(4)

The Jews: `Their blood and race', 24 March 1936, House of Commons

128

(2)

`Great hammers descending day and night', 26 March 1936, House of Commons

130

(3)

`Hitler has torn up the treaties', 6 April 1936, House of Commons

133

(2)

`Thank God for the French Army', 24 September 1936, Paris

135

(4)

Lawrence of Arabia, 3 October 1936, Oxford

139

(3)

`The locust years', 12 November 1936, House of Commons

142

(12)

`Approaching the most dangerous moment', 25 November 1936, London

154

(2)

`The abdication of King Edward VIII', 10 December 1936, House of Commons

156

(2)

Rudyard Kipling, 17 November 1937, Grosvenor House, London

158

(1)

Austria annexed, 14 March 1938, House of Commons

159

(4)

`I have watched this famous island . . .', 24 March 1938, House of Commons

163

(4)

`The sentinel towers of the Western approaches', 5 May 1938, House of Commons

167

(3)

`Save mankind from martyrdom', 26 September 1938, London

170

(1)

`A total and unmitigated defeat', 5 October 1938, House of Commons

171

(11)

`The lights are going out', 16 October 1938, Broadcast to US, London

182

(3)

`The bitter fruits of Munich', 14 March 1939, Waltham Abbey

185

(2)

`The surge of unity and of duty', 20 April 1939, Canada Club, London

187

(1)

`Repudiation of the Balfour Declaration', 23 May 1939, House of Commons

188

(3)

`A hush over Europe', 8 August 1939, Broadcast to US, London

191

(6)

The Glory Years 1939--45

War, 3 September 1939, House of Commons

197

(2)

Russia: `A riddle, wrapped in a mystery', 1 October 1939, Broadcast, London

199

(2)

`The Navy's here!', 23 February 1940, Guildhall, London

201

(3)

`Blood, toil, tears and sweat', 13 May 1940, House of Commons

204

(2)

`Arm yourselves, and be ye men of valour!', 19 May 1940, Broadcast, London

206

(4)

`Wars are not won by evacuations', 4 June 1940, House of Commons

210

(8)

`The news from France is very bad', 17 June 1940, Broadcast, London

218

(1)

`This was their finest hour', 18 June 1940, House of Commons

219

(10)

Destruction of the French Fleet, 4 July 1940, House of Commons

229

(5)

`The War of the Unknown Warriors', 14 July 1940, Broadcast, London

234

(3)

`The Few', 20 August 1940, House of Commons

237

(12)

Fifty American destroyers, 5 September 1940, House of Commons

249

(1)

`These cruel, wanton . . . bombings', 11 September 1940, Broadcast, London

250

(3)

`We will all go down fighting to the end', 17 September 1940, House of Commons

253

(2)

`We can take it!' 8 October 1940, House of Commons

255

(2)

`Dieu protege la France', 21 October 1940, Broadcast, London

257

(2)

`Give us the tools', 9 February 1941, Broadcast, London

259

(3)

`This Battle of the Atlantic', 18 March 1941, Pilgrims' Society, London

262

(3)

Yugoslavia invaded, 9 April 1941, House of Commons

265

(1)

`Westward look, the land is bright', 27 April 1941, Broadcast, London

266

(9)

Vote of Confidence, 7 May 1941, House of Commons

275

(6)

`The Bismarck is sunk!', 27 May 1941, House of Commons

281

(2)

`Our solid, stubborn strength', 12 June 1941, London

283

(3)

`The Old Lion', 16 June 1941, Broadcast, London

286

(3)

Alliance with Russia, 22 June 1941, Broadcast, London

289

(5)

`The grit and stamina of Londoners', 14 July 1941, County Hall, London

294

(3)

The Atlantic Charter, 24 August 1941, Broadcast, London

297

(8)

`We are still captain of our souls', 9 September 1941, House of Commons

305

(1)

`Never give in!', 29 October 1941, Harrow School

306

(2)

The Lend-Lease Bill, 10 November 1941, Mansion House, London

308

(5)

War with Japan, 8 December 1941, House of Commons

313

(2)

Joint Session of Congress, 26 December 1941, Washington, DC

315

(8)

`Some chicken! Some neck!', 30 December 1941, Parliament, Ottawa

323

(1)

`I demand a Vote of Confidence', 27 January 1942, House of Commons

324

(5)

`Singapore has fallen', 15 February 1942, Broadcast, London

329

(1)

Prime Minister for two years, 10 May 1942, Broadcast, London

330

(9)

Motion of Censure, 2 July 1942, House of Commons

339

(2)

`The bright gleam of victory', 10 November 1942, Mansion House, London

341

(3)

`The frontiers of deliverance', 29 November 1942, World Broadcast, London

344

(1)

`The Desert Army', 3 February 1943, Tripoli

345

(4)

Tribute to Montgomery and Alexander, 11 February 1943, House of Commons

349

(1)

`Heavier work lies ahead', 19 May 1943, Congress, Washington, DC

350

(5)

`We expect no reward', 30 June 1943, Guildhall, London

355

(1)

`The gift of a common tongue', 6 September 1943, Harvard, Boston

356

(2)

`A sense of crowd and urgency', 28 October 1943, House of Commons

358

(3)

`The hour of our greatest effort', 26 March 1944, Broadcast, London

361

(1)

D-Day, 6 June 1944, House of Commons

362

(1)

`The price in blood . . . for the soil of France', 28 September 1944, House of Commons

363

(6)

`Democracy is no harlot', 8 December 1944, House of Commons

369

(1)

`We demand unconditional surrender', 18 January 1945, House of Commons

370

(2)

`Greece forever!', 14 February 1945, Constitution Square, Athens

372

(1)

The Yalta Conference, 27 February 1945, House of Commons

373

(5)

Lloyd George, 28 March 1945, House of Commons

378

(4)

President Roosevelt, 17 April 1945, House of Commons

382

(4)

`No words can ever express the horror', 19 April 1945, House of Commons

386

(1)

Victory in Europe, 8 May 1945, House of Commons and Broadcast, London

387

(3)

`This is your victory', 8 May 1945, Ministry of Health, London

390

(2)

`Forward, till the whole task is done', 13 May 1945, Broadcast, London

392

(3)

Back to party politics, 4 June 1945, Broadcast, London

395

(3)

General Eisenhower, 12 June 1945, Mansion House, London

398

(2)

`Dear Desert Rats', 21 July 1945, Winston Club, Berlin

400

(1)

Resignation, 26 July 1945, 10 Downing Street

401

(4)

The Sunset Years 1945--63

The atomic bomb, 6 August 1945, 10 Downing Street

405

(2)

Surrender of Japan, 15 August 1945, House of Commons

407

(2)

`Government of the people', 16 August 1945, House of Commons

409

(1)

Alamein, 25 October 1945, Royal Albert Hall, London

410

(1)

`We did not flinch', 31 October 1945, Harrow School

411

(1)

`The unnecessary war', 16 November 1945, Belgian Parliament, Brussels

411

(2)

`An Iron Curtain has descended', 5 March 1946, Fulton, Missouri

413

(11)

`The tragedy of Europe', 9 May 1946, The Hague, Holland

424

(1)

Palestine, 1 August 1946, House of Commons

425

(2)

A `United States of Europe', 19 September 1946, Zurich, Switzerland

427

(4)

`A property-owning democracy', 5 October 1946, Blackpool

431

(2)

The Communist menace, 24 October 1946, Loughton

433

(1)

Palestine: `Blood and shame', 31 January 1947, House of Commons

434

(2)

`United Europe', 14 May 1947, Royal Albert Hall, London

436

(8)

The rights of the British, 4 October 1947, Brighton

444

(1)

`Shabby moneylenders!', 28 October 1947, House of Commons

445

(1)

`Socialism is the philosophy of failure', 28 May 1948, Perth

446

(1)

`When they get the atomic bomb', 9 October 1948, Llandudno, Wales

447

(2)

The North Atlantic Treaty, 12 May 1949, House of Commons

449

(2)

The Berlin Airlift, 21 July 1949, House of Commons

451

(1)

`Prenez-garde! Je vais parler en francais', 12 August 1949, Strasbourg, France

451

(1)

`Watch out! I am going to speak in French' (translation), 12 August 1949, Strasbourg, France

452

(1)

`English literature is a glorious inheritance', 2 November 1949, London

453

(1)

`Our Socialist masters', 9 February 1950, Devonport

453

(9)

`An experiment in freedom', 18 May 1950, Edinburgh

462

(1)

`This century of tragedy and storm', 4 July 1950, Dorchester Hotel, London

462

(3)

`Renewing the glory of our island home', 21 July 1951, Woodford

465

(4)

`Regain our independence', 23 October 1951, Plymouth

469

(2)

`The valiant champion of freedom', 9 November 1951, Guildhall, London

471

(2)

`We must not lose hope!', 17 January 1952, Congress, Washington, DC

473

(3)

King George VI, 7 February 1952, Broadcast, London

476

(3)

`The treacherous trap-door', 11 June 1952, Savoy Hotel, London

479

(3)

`The spirit of England', 23 April 1953, London, and Broadcast

482

(1)

`The Crown and Parliament', 27 May 1953, St Stephen's, Westminster

483

(2)

`Supreme catastrophe', 3 November 1953, House of Commons

485

(2)

`A calmer and kindlier age', 9 November 1954, Guildhall, London

487

(1)

`The nation . . . had the lion-heart', 30 November 1954, Westminster Hall

488

(3)

`Never despair!', 1 March 1955, House of Commons

491

(7)

`The Queen!', 4 April 1955, 10 Downing Street

498

(1)

`Let us go boldly forward', 21 June 1955, Guildhall, London

499

(2)

Honorary US Citizenship, 9 April 1963, The White House, Washington, DC

501

(4)

Appendix: The Churchill Center and Societies

505

(2)

Index

507

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Never Give In! The Best of Winston Churchill's Speeches

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