Professional Clip 02: Winston
Churchill,
St.
James
Palace
Speech
We cannot
yet see how deliverance will come or when it will come, but nothing is more
certain than that every trace of Hitler's footsteps, every stain of his
infected and corroding fingers, will be sponged and purged and, if need be,
blasted from the surface of the Earth. He may spread his course far and wide
and carry his curse with him. He may break into Africa or into
Asia. But, it is with us, here, in this island fortress,
that he will have to reckon and settle in the end. We shall strive to resist
him by land and sea. We shall be on his track wherever he goes.Our airpower will continue to teach the
German homeland that war is not all loot and triumph. We shall aid and stir the
people of every conquered country to resistance and revolt. We shall break up
and derange every effort which Hitler makes to systematize and consolidate his
subjugations. He will find no peace, no rest, no halting place, no parlay. And,
if driven to desperate hazards, he attempts the invasion of the
British Isles, as well he may, we shall not flinch from
the supreme trial. With the help of God, of which we must all feel daily
conscious, we shall continue steadfast in faith and duty till our task is done.