A Challenge by the Prime Minister of Great Britain Winston Churchill
- Item sets
- Book of Honor Pages, 1947
- Title
- A Challenge by the Prime Minister of Great Britain Winston Churchill
- Date
- 1947
- Description
- 13 May 1940, his first address to the House of Commons after assuming office to conduct the war: I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat. We have before us an ordeal of the most grievous kind. We have before us many, many long months of struggle and of suffering. You ask, What is our policy? I will say: "It is to wage war, by sea, land and air, with all our might and with all the strength that God can give us; to wage war against a monstrous tyranny, never surpassed in the dark, lamentable catalogue of human crime. That is our policy." You ask, What is our aim? I can answer in one word: Victory--victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory there is no survival. Let that be realized; no survival for the urge and impulse of the ages, that mankind will move torwards its goal. But take I up my task with buoyancy and hope. I feel sure that our cause will not be suffered to fail among men. At this time I feel entitled to claim the aid of all, and I say, "Come, then, let us go forward together with our united strength."
- Subject
- Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965
- War memorials--Maine--Bangor
- World War, 1939-1945--Casualties
- World War, 1939-1945--Maine--Bangor
- Type
- Commemorative works
- Spatial Coverage
- Bangor (Me.)
- Language
- English
- Is Part Of
-
Book of Honor: Bangor Remembers Her Sons Who Died for Victory, 1941-1945
- Bangor Public Library Special Collections
- Rights
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