The Wit and Wisdom of Winston Churchill: A Treasury of More Than 1000 Quotations by James C. Humes

Author:James C. Humes
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: General, History
ISBN: 9780061833076
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 2009-10-13T21:25:49+00:00

‘YE MEN OF VALOUR’

1940, London

On this May Trinity Sunday in the Anglican Church calendar, Churchill delivered a radio address to rally a falling France whose defense at the Sedan had been broken through by the German army. Churchill found reinforcement from the words of the biblical Maccabees, who resisted tyrants who would profane the altar of God’s laws.

• This is one of the most awe-striking periods in the long history of France and Britain. It is also beyond doubt the most sublime. Side by side, unaided except by their kith and kin in the great Dominions and by the wide Empires which rest beneath their shield—side by side, the British and French peoples have advanced to rescue not only Europe but mankind from the foulest and most soul-destroying tyranny which has ever darkened and stained the pages of history. Behind them—behind us—behind the armies and fleets of Britain and France—gather a group of shattered States and bludgeoned races; the Czechs, the Poles, the Norwegians, the Danes, the Dutch, the Belgians—upon all of whom the long night of barbarism will descend, unbroken even by a star of hope, unless we conquer, as conquer we must; as conquer we shall.

Today is Trinity Sunday. Centuries ago words were written to be a call and a spur to the faithful servants of truth and justice: “Arm yourselves, and be ye men of valour, and be in readiness for the conflict; for it is better for us to persist in battle than to look upon the outrage of our nation and our altar. As the Will of God is in Heaven, even so let it be.”^

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