Never Give In!: The Best of Winston Churchill's Speeches
Winston Churchill was the most eloquent and expressive statesman of his time. He used the power of oratory to inspire not just the British nation in its hour of peril but the people of Occupied Europe and the entire Free World. In the words of President John F. Kennedy: "Winston Churchill mobilized the English language and sent it into battle." While the definitive collection of Churchill's speeches fills 8,500 pages in eight volumes, here for the first time, his grandson, Winston S....
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Never Give In!, the collection of Winston Churchill's speeches selected by his grandson, is now available in paperback!Arguably the most eloquent statesman of his time, Sir Winston Churchill delivered speeches that have inspired generation after generation. In this definitive collection, grandson Winston S. Churchill pulls together all of Churchill's well-known speeches, along with some lesser appreciated ones, into one volume. With short forewords by his grandson, this collection offers readers a rare glimpse into the emotion and genius of Churchill, and ensures that his inspirational words will be shared with future generations. The editor, Winston S. Churchill, grandson of the former British prime minister Sir Winston Churchill, is an author, journalist, and former war correspondent who served in the House of Commons as a Member of the British Parliament from 1970 to 1997. He lives in England. Library Journal A highly readable and insightful volume that proves Churchill to be a man who spoke his own mind.
"Never give in — never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy." —Harrow School, October 29, 1941
IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsEditor's PrefaceFirst political speech: 'The dried up drain-pipe of Radicalism', 26 July 1897, Bath3'Escape!', 23 December 1899, Durban, South Africa5'The anniversary of my escape', 13 December 1900, New York7Maiden speech: 'A certain splendid memory', 18 February 1901, House of Commons8Lifting again the 'tattered flag', 13 May 1901, House of Commons10'An age of great events and little men', 21 November 1901, Liverpool12'A navy...to preserve the peace of the world', 17 January 1903, Oldham13'The mere washpot of plutocracy', 4 June 1904, Alexandra Palace, London15'For free trade', 16 June 1904, Cheetham Hill, Manchester17'Dear food for the millions', 13 May 1905, Manchester19'British hospitality', 9 October 1905, Cheetham Hill, Manchester20'No more garters for dukes', 14 December 1905, Manchester21'The gift of England', 31 July 1906, House of Commons22'The cause of the left-out millions', 11 October 1906, Glasgow23George Bernard Shaw: 'A volcano', 22 October 1906, Free Trade Hall, Manchester26'My African journey', 18 January 1908, National Liberal Club, London26Socialism: 'All yours is mine!', 22 January 1908, Cheetham, Manchester27The pen: 'Liberator of man and of nations', 17 February 1908, London29'What is society?', 4 May 1908, Kinnaird Hall, Dundee31'I am the Board of Trade', 4 February 1909, Newcastle-upon-Tyne32The Budget: 'Cannot afford to live or die', 22 May 1909, Manchester33'A violent rupture of constitutional custom', 4 September 1909, Leicester34'The most ancient and the most glorious monarchy', 4 December 1909, Southport36'The upkeep of the aristocracy', 17 December 1909, Burnley, Lancs37'For soldiers to fire on the people...', 7 February 1911, House of Commons39Unemployment insurance, 22 May 1911, House of Commons41National rail strike, 22 August 1911, House of Commons43'The maintenance of naval supremacy', 9 November 1911, Guildhall, London45'Why should not Ireland have her chance?', 8 February 1912, Belfast47'An age of incipient violence', 18 March 1912, House of Commons50'Air power', 10 November 1913, Guildhall, London54'Unconquerable and incomparable', 4 March 1914, London55'The world is armed as it was never armed before', 17 March 1914, House of Commons56'The war will be long and sombre', 11 September 1914, London58The Dardanelles, 5 June 1915, Dundee61'Take Constantinople!', 15 November 1915, House of Commons64'The hardest of tests', 23 May 1916, House of Commons69'Grappling with the most terrible foe', 31 May 1916, House of Commons70'Perils, sorrows and sufferings', 10 December 1917, Bedford74'The war is won!', 16 December 1918, Connaught Rooms, London75'Bolshevist atrocities', 11 April 1919, Connaught Rooms, London77Farewell to 'the beer of Old England', 18 July 1919, London78'The Jews should have a National Home', 31 March 1921, Jerusalem79Lenin, 8 June 1921, Manchester80'The culture and glories of the Arab race', 14 June 1921, House of Commons82'The dreary steeples of Fermanagh and Tyrone', 16 February 1922, House of Commons85Conservative once more, 16 September 1925, Birmingham85'The follies of Socialism', 11 December 1925, Battersea89'Artful Dodger!', 22 April 1926, House of Commons90'The blushing Liberal bride', 22 October 1928, Chingford91'A disarmament fable', 24 October 1928, Aldersbrook92'A seditious Middle Temple lawyer', 23 February 1931, Epping97'Abandoning India', 18 March 1931, Royal Albert Hall, London97Prohibition, November/December 1931, Lecture Tour of the United States99'Bands of sturdy Teutonic youths', 23 November 1932, House of Commons100'Pontifical, anonymous mugwumpery', 22 February 1933, House of Commons102'England', 24 April 1933, Royal Society of St. George, London103'Wars come very suddenly', 7 February 1934, House of Commons105'Germany is arming', 8 March 1934, House of Commons107'We lie within...striking distance', 16 November 1934, Broadcast, London109'A corridor of deepening and darkening danger', 31 May 1935, House of Commons111'You have unsettled everything...', 5 June 1935, House of Commons115'I am a Treaty man', 10 July 1935, House of Commons117'Naval security', 24 July 1935, Harlow119'Abyssinia has been invaded', 8 October 1935, Chingford119'Nazidom...with all its hatreds,' 24 October 1935, House of Commons121'Germany...fears no one', March 1936, House of Commons124The Jews: 'Their blood and race', 24 March 1936, House of Commons128'Great hammers descending day and night', 26 March 1936, House of Commons130'Hitler has torn up the treaties', 6 April 1936, House of Commons133'Thank God for the French Army', 24 September 1936, Paris135Lawrence of Arabia, 3 October 1936, Oxford139'The locust years', 12 November 1936, House of Commons142'Approaching the most dangerous moment', 25 November 1936, London154'The abdication of King Edward VIII', 10 December 1936, House of Commons156Rudyard Kipling, 17 November 1937, Grosvenor House, London158Austria annexed, 14 March 1938, House of Commons159'I have watched this famous island...', 24 March 1938, House of Commons163'The sentinel towers of the Western approaches', 5 May 1938, House of Commons167'Save mankind from martyrdom', 26 September 1938, London170'A total and unmitigated defeat, 5 October 1938, House of Commons171'The lights are going out', 16 October 1938, Broadcast to US, London182'The bitter fruits of Munich', 14 March 1939, Waltham Abbey185'The surge of unity and of duty', 20 April 1939, Canada Club, London187Repudiation of the Balfour Declaration', 23 May 1939, House of Commons188'A hush over Europe', 8 August 1939, Broadcast to US, London191War, 3 September 1939, House of Commons197Russia: 'A riddle, wrapped in a mystery', 1 October 1939, Broadcast, London199'The Navy's here!', 23 February 1940, Guildhall, London201'Blood, toil, tears and sweat', 13 May 1940, House of Commons204'Arm yourselves, and be ye men of valour!', 19 May 1940, Broadcast, London206'Wars are not won by evacuations', 4 June 1940, House of Commons210'The news from France is very bad', 17 June 1940, Broadcast, London218'This was their finest hour', 18 June 1940, House of Commons219Destruction of the French Fleet, 4 July 1940, House of Commons229'The War of the Unknown Warriors', 14 July 1940, Broadcast, London234'The Few', 20 August 1940, House of Commons237Fifty American destroyers, 5 September 1940, House of Commons249'These cruel, wanton...bombings', 11 September 1940, Broadcast, London250'We will all go down fighting to the end', 17 September 1940, House of Commons253'We can take it!', 8 October 1940, House of Commons255'Dieu protege la France', 21 October 1940, Broadcast, London257'Give us the tools', 9 February 1941, Broadcast, London259'This Battle of the Atlantic', 18 March 1941, Pilgrims' Society, London262Yugoslavia invaded, 9 April 1941, House of Commons265'Westward look, the land is bright', 27 April 1941, Broadcast, London266Vote of Confidence, 7 May 1941, House of Commons275'The Bismarck is sunk!', 27 May 1941, House of Commons281'Our solid, stubborn strength', 12 June 1941, London283'The Old Lion', 16 June 1941, Broadcast, London286Alliance with Russia, 22 June 1941, Broadcast, London289'The grit and stamina of Londoners', 14 July 1941, County Hall, London294The Atlantic Charter, 24 August 1941, Broadcast, London297'We are still captain of our souls', 9 September 1941, House of Commons305'Never give in!', 29 October 1941, Harrow School306The Lend-Lease Bill, 10 November 1941, Mansion House, London308War with Japan, 8 December 1941, House of Commons313Joint Session of Congress, 26 December 1941, Washington, DC315'Some chicken! Some neck!', 30 December 1941, Parliament, Ottawa323'I demand a Vote of Confidence', 27 January 1942, House of Commons324'Singapore has fallen', 15 February 1942, Broadcast, London329Prime Minister for two years, 10 May 1942, Broadcast, London330Motion of Censure, 2 July 1942, House of Commons339'The bright gleam of victory', 10 November 1942, Mansion House, London341'The frontiers of deliverance', 29 November 1942, World Broadcast, London344'The Desert Army', 3 February 1943, Tripoli345Tribute to Montgomery and Alexander, 11 February 1943, House of Commons349'Heavier work lies ahead', 19 May 1943, Congress, Washington, DC350'We expect no reward', 30 June 1943, Guildhall, London355'The gift of a common tongue', 6 September 1943, Harvard, Boston356'A sense of crowd and urgency', 28 October 1943, House of Commons358'The hour of our greatest effort', 26 March 1944, Broadcast, London361D-Day, 6 June 1944, House of Commons362'The price in blood...for the soil of France', 28 September 1944, House of Commons363'Democracy is no harlot', 8 December 1944, House of Commons369'We demand unconditional surrender', 18 January 1945, House of Commons370'Greece forever!', 14 February 1945, Constitution Square, Athens372The Yalta Conference, 27 February 1945, House of Commons373Lloyd George, 28 March 1945, House of Commons378President Roosevelt, 17 April 1945, House of Commons382'No words can ever express the horror', 19 April 1945, House of Commons386Victory in Europe, 8 May 1945, House of Commons and Broadcast, London387'This is your victory', 8 May 1945, Ministry of Health, London390'Forward, till the whole task is done', 13 May 1945, Broadcast, London392Back to party politics, 4 June 1945, Broadcast, London395General Eisenhower, 12 June 1945, Mansion House, London398'Dear Desert Rats', 21 July 1945, Winston Club, Berlin400Resignation, 26 July 1945, 10 Downing Street401The atomic bomb, 6 August 1945, 10 Downing Street405Surrender of Japan, 15 August 1945, House of Commons407'Government of the people', 16 August 1945, House of Commons409Alamein, 25 October 1945, Royal Albert Hall, London410'We did not flinch', 31 October 1945, Harrow School411'The unnecessary war', 16 November 1945, Belgian Parliament, Brussels411'An Iron Curtain has descended', 5 March 1946, Fulton, Missouri413'The tragedy of Europe', 9 May 1946, The Hague, Holland424Palestine, 1 August 1946, House of Commons425A 'United States of Europe', 19 September 1946, Zurich, Switzerland427'A property-owning democracy', 5 October 1946, Blackpool431The Communist menace, 24 October 1946, Loughton433Palestine: 'Blood and shame', 31 January 1947, House of Commons434'United Europe', 14 May 1947, Royal Albert Hall, London436The rights of the British, 4 October 1947, Brighton444'Shabby moneylenders!', 28 October 1947, House of Commons445'Socialism is the philosophy of failure', 28 May 1948, Perth446'When they get the atomic bomb', 9 October 1948, Llandudno, Wales447The North Atlantic Treaty, 12 May 1949, House of Commons449The Berlin Airlift, 21 July 1949, House of Commons451'Prenez-garde! Je vais parler en francais', 12 August 1949, Strasbourg, France451'Watch out! I am going to speak in French' (translation), 12 August 1949, Strasbourg, France452'English literature is a glorious inheritance', 2 November 1949, London453'Our Socialist masters', 9 February 1950, Devonport453'An experiment in freedom', 18 May 1950, Edinburgh462'This century of tragedy and storm', 4 July 1950, Dorchester Hotel, London462'Renewing the glory of our island home', 21 July 1951, Woodford465'Regain our independence', 23 October 1951, Plymouth469'The valiant champion of freedom', 9 November 1951, Guildhall, London471'We must not lose hope!', 17 January 1952, Congress, Washington, DC473King George VI, 7 February 1952, Broadcast, London476'The treacherous trap-door', 11 June 1952, Savoy Hotel, London479'The spirit of England', 23 April 1953, London, and Broadcast482'The Crown and Parliament', 27 May 1953, St. Stephen's, Westminster483'Supreme catastrophe', 3 November 1953, House of Commons485'A calmer and kindlier age', 9 November 1954, Guildhall, London487'The nation...had the lion-heart', 30 November 1954, Westminster Hall488'Never despair!', 1 March 1955, House of Commons491'The Queen!', 4 April 1955, 10 Downing Street498'Let us go boldly forward', 21 June 1955, Guildhall, London499Honorary US Citizenship, 9 April 1963, The White House, Washington, DC501AppThe Churchill Center and Societies505Index507
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