Authors: Winston Churchill

1929–1941

Fifty Years Hence

The great mass of human beings, absorbed in the toils, cares and activities of life, are only dimly conscious of the pace at which mankind has begun to travel. We

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1941–1945

Every Man to His Post

On 5 September the Luftwaffe switched tactics. Suddenly the weight of enemy attack was concentrated no longer against the bases of the Royal Air Force, but against the civilian population

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1941–1945

The Lights are Going Out

I avail myself with relief of the opportunity of speaking to the people of the United States. I do not know how long such liberties will be allowed. The stations

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1941–1945

The Old Lion

I am grateful, President Valentine, for the honour which you have conferred upon me in making me a Doctor of Laws of the University of Rochester in the State of

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1941–1945

’Give Us the Tools’

Wendell Willkie, the Republican candidate in the previous November’s presidential elections, arrived in Britian in the late January. He carried with him a letter of introduction to Churchill from his

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1941–1945

A Hush Over Europe

Churchill makes one final effort to arouse the Great Republic from its reveries, barely four weeks before the outbreak of war in Europe. There is a hush over all Europe,

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1929–1941

Penny-in-the-Slot Politics

There is one aspect of modern life which has struck me very much lately, and which deserves anxious attention: the elimination of the individual. Everywhere, in every country, in every

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1941–1945

Victory in Europe

The armed forced of Germany surrendered unconditionally on 7 May. Hostilities in Europe ended officially at midnight on 8 may almost five years to day since churchill, in the hour

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