On the night of the tenth of May[1940], at the outset of this mighty
battle I acquired the chief power in the State, which henceforth
I wielded in ever-growing measure for five years and three months
of world war, at the end of which time, all our enemies having surrendered
unconditionally or being about to do so, I was immediately dismissed
by the British electorate from all further conduct of their affairs....
We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end we shall fight in France,
we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence
and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost
may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds,
we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hill...