Never Give In!: The Best of Winston Churchill's Speeches

by Winston S. Churchill

Overview

Winston Churchill was the most eloquent and expressive statesman of his time. It was as an orator that Churchill became most completely alive, and it was through his oratory that his words made their greatest and most enduring impact. While the definitive collection of Churchill's speeches fills eight volumes, here for the first time, his grandson, Winston S. Churchill, has put together a personal selection of his favorite speeches in a single, indispensable volume. He has chosen from his grandfather's entire output and thoughtfully introduces each selection. The book covers the whole of Churchill's life, from the very first speech he made to those of his last days. It includes some of Churchill's best-known speeches as well as some that have never before been published in popular form. Today, Sir Winston Churchill is revered as an indomitable figure and his wisdom is called upon again and again. Reading these speeches, from the perspective of a new century, we can once again see Sir Winston Churchill's genius and be moved and inspired by his words.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780786888702
Publisher:	Hachette Books
Publication date:	11/10/2004
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	558
Sales rank:	362,937
Product dimensions:	6.25(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)
Age Range:	13 - 18 Years

About the Author

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. His home is in England.

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"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

Table of Contents

	Illustrations	xvii
	Acknowledgments	xix
	Editor's Preface	xxi
1.	Young Statesman 1897-1915
	First political speech: 'The dried up drain-pipe of Radicalism', 26 July 1897, Bath	3
	'Escape!', 23 December 1899, Durban, South Africa	5
	'The anniversary of my escape', 13 December 1900, New York	7
	Maiden speech: 'A certain splendid memory', 18 February 1901, House of Commons	8
	Lifting again the 'tattered flag', 13 May 1901, House of Commons	10
	'An age of great events and little men', 21 November 1901, Liverpool	12
	'A navy ... to preserve the peace of the world', 17 January 1903, Oldham	13
	'The mere washpot of plutocracy', 4 June 1904, Alexandra Palace, London	15
	'For free trade', 16 June 1904, Cheetham Hill, Manchester	17
	'Dear food for the millions', 13 May 1905, Manchester	19
	'British hospitality', 9 October 1905, Cheetham Hill, Manchester	20
	'No more garters for dukes', 14 December 1905, Manchester	21
	'The gift of England', 31 July 1906, House of Commons	22
	'The cause of the left-out millions', 11 October 1906, Glasgow	23
	George Bernard Shaw: 'A volcano', 22 October 1906, Free Trade Hall, Manchester	26
	'My African journey', 18 January 1908, National Liberal Club, London	26
	Socialism: 'All yours is mine!', 22 January 1908, Cheetham, Manchester	27
	The pen: 'Liberator of man and of nations', 17 February 1908, London	29
	'What is society?', 4 May 1908, Kinnaird Hall, Dundee	31
	'I am the Board of Trade', 4 February 1909, Newcastle-upon-Tyne	32
	The Budget: 'Cannot afford to live or die', 22 May 1909, Manchester	33
	'A violent rupture of constitutional custom', 4 September 1909, Leicester	34
	'The most ancient and the most glorious monarchy', 4 December 1909, Southport	36
	'The upkeep of the aristocracy', 17 December 1909, Burnley, Lancs	37
	'For soldiers to fire on the people ...', 7 February 1911, House of Commons	39
	Unemployment insurance, 22 May 1911, House of Commons	41
	National rail strike, 22 August 1911, House of Commons	43
	'The maintenance of naval supremacy', 9 November 1911, Guildhall, London	45
	'Why should not Ireland have her chance?', 8 February 1912, Belfast	47
	'An age of incipient violence', 18 March 1912, House of Commons	50
	'Air power', 10 November 1913, Guildhall, London	54
	'Unconquerable and incomparable', 4 March 1914, London	55
	'The world is armed as it was never armed before', 17 March 1914, House of Commons	56
	'The war will be long and sombre', 11 September 1914, London	58
	The Dardanelles, 5 June 1915, Dundee	61
	'Take Constantinople!', 15 November 1915, House of Commons	64
2.	Oblivion and Redemption 1916-29
	'The hardest of tests', 23 May 1916, House of Commons	69
	'Grappling with the most terrible foe', 31 May 1916, House of Commons	70
	'Perils, sorrows and sufferings', 10 December 1917, Bedford	74
	'The war is won!', 16 December 1918, Connaught Rooms, London	75
	'Bolshevist atrocities', 11 April 1919, Connaught Rooms, London	77
	Farewell to 'the beer of Old England', 18 July 1919, London	78
	'The Jews should have a National Home', 31 March 1921, Jerusalem	79
	Lenin, 8 June 1921, Manchester	80
	'The culture and glories of the Arab race', 14 June 1921, House of Commons	82
	'The dreary steeples of Fermanagh and Tyrone', 16 February 1922, House of Commons	85
	Conservative once more, 16 September 1925, Birmingham	85
	'The follies of Socialism', 11 December 1925, Battersea	89
	'Artful Dodger!', 22 April 1926, House of Commons	90
	'The blushing Liberal bride', 22 October 1928, Chingford	91
	'A disarmament fable', 24 October 1928, Aldersbrook	92
3.	The Wilderness Years 1930-39
	'A seditious Middle Temple lawyer', 23 February 1931, Epping	97
	'Abandoning India', 18 March 1931, Royal Albert Hall, London	97
	Prohibition, November/December 1931, Lecture Tour of the United States	99
	'Bands of sturdy Teutonic youths', 23 November 1932, House of Commons	100
	'Pontifical, anonymous mugwumpery', 22 February 1933, House of Commons	102
	'England', 24 April 1933, Royal Society of St George, London	103
	'Wars come very suddenly', 7 February 1934, House of Commons	105
	'Germany is arming', 8 March 1934, House of Commons	107
	'We lie within ... striking distance', 16 November 1934, Broadcast, London	109
	'A corridor of deepening and darkening danger', 31 May 1935, House of Commons	111
	'You have unsettled everything ...', 5 June 1935, House of Commons	115
	'I am a Treaty man', 10 July 1935, House of Commons	117
	'Naval security', 24 July 1935, Harlow	119
	'Abyssinia has been invaded', 8 October 1935, Chingford	119
	'Nazidom ... with all its hatreds', 24 October 1935, House of Commons	121
	'Germany ... fears no one', March 1936, House of Commons	124
	The Jews: 'Their blood and race', 24 March 1936, House of Commons	128
	'Great hammers descending day and night', 26 March 1936, House of Commons	130
	'Hitler has torn up the treaties', 6 April 1936, House of Commons	133
	'Thank God for the French Army', 24 September 1936, Paris	135
	Lawrence of Arabia, 3 October 1936, Oxford	139
	'The locust years', 12 November 1936, House of Commons	142
	'Approaching the most dangerous moment', 25 November 1936, London	154
	'The abdication of King Edward VIII', 10 December 1936, House of Commons	156
	Rudyard Kipling, 17 November 1937, Grosvenor House, London	158
	Austria annexed, 14 March 1938, House of Commons	159
	'I have watched this famous island ...', 24 March 1938, House of Commons	163
	'The sentinel towers of the Western approaches', 5 May 1938, House of Commons	167
	'Save mankind from martyrdom', 26 September 1938, London	170
	'A total and unmitigated defeat', 5 October 1938, House of Commons	171
	'The lights are going out', 16 October 1938, Broadcast to US, London	182
	'The bitter fruits of Munich', 14 March 1939, Waltham Abbey	185
	'The surge of unity and of duty', 20 April 1939, Canada Club, London	187
	'Repudiation of the Balfour Declaration', 23 May 1939, House of Commons	188
	'A hush over Europe', 8 August 1939, Broadcast to US, London	191
4.	The Glory Years 1939-45
	War, 3 September 1939, House of Commons	197
	Russia: 'A riddle, wrapped in a mystery', 1 October 1939, Broadcast, London	199
	'The Navy's here!', 23 February 1940, Guildhall, London	201
	'Blood, toil, tears and sweat', 13 May 1940, House of Commons	204
	'Arm yourselves, and be ye men of valour!', 19 May 1940, Broadcast, London	206
	'Wars are not won by evacuations', 4 June 1940, House of Commons	210
	'The news from France is very bad', 17 June 1940, Broadcast, London	218
	'This was their finest hour', 18 June 1940, House of Commons	219
	Destruction of the French Fleet, 4 July 1940, House of Commons	229
	'The War of the Unknown Warriors', 14 July 1940, Broadcast, London	234
	'The Few', 20 August 1940, House of Commons	237
	Fifty American destroyers, 5 September 1940, House of Commons	249
	'These cruel, wanton ... bombings', 11 September 1940, Broadcast, London	250
	'We will all go down fighting to the end', 17 September 1940, House of Commons	253
	'We can take it!' 8 October 1940, House of Commons	255
	'Dieu protege la France', 21 October 1940, Broadcast, London	257
	'Give us the tools', 9 February 1941, Broadcast, London	259
	'This Battle of the Atlantic', 18 March 1941, Pilgrims' Society, London	262
	Yugoslavia invaded, 9 April 1941, House of Commons	265
	'Westward look, the land is bright', 27 April 1941, Broadcast, London	266
	Vote of Confidence, 7 May 1941, House of Commons	275
	'The Bismarck is sunk!', 27 May 1941, House of Commons	281
	'Our solid, stubborn strength', 12 June 1941, London	283
	'The Old Lion', 16 June 1941, Broadcast, London	286
	Alliance with Russia, 22 June 1941, Broadcast, London	289
	'The grit and stamina of Londoners', 14 July 1941, County Hall, London	294
	The Atlantic Charter, 24 August 1941, Broadcast, London	297
	'We are still captain of our souls', 9 September 1941, House of Commons	305
	'Never give in!', 29 October 1941, Harrow School	306
	The Lend-Lease Bill, 10 November 1941, Mansion House, London	308
	War with Japan, 8 December 1941, House of Commons	313
	Joint Session of Congress, 26 December 1941, Washington, DC	315
	'Some chicken! Some neck!', 30 December 1941, Parliament, Ottawa	323
	'I demand a Vote of Confidence', 27 January 1942, House of Commons	324
	'Singapore has fallen', 15 February 1942, Broadcast, London	329
	Prime Minister for two years, 10 May 1942, Broadcast, London	330
	Motion of Censure, 2 July 1942, House of Commons	339
	'The bright gleam of victory', 10 November 1942, Mansion House, London	341
	'The frontiers of deliverance', 29 November 1942, World Broadcast, London	344
	'The Desert Army', 3 February 1943, Tripoli	345
	Tribute to Montgomery and Alexander, 11 February 1943, House of Commons	349
	'Heavier work lies ahead', 19 May 1943, Congress, Washington, DC	350
	'We expect no reward', 30 June 1943, Guildhall, London	355
	'The gift of a common tongue', 6 September 1943, Harvard, Boston	356
	'A sense of crowd and urgency', 28 October 1943, House of Commons	358
	'The hour of our greatest effort', 26 March 1944, Broadcast, London	361
	D-Day, 6 June 1944, House of Commons	362
	'The price in blood ... for the soil of France', 28 September 1944, House of Commons	363
	'Democracy is no harlot', 8 December 1944, House of Commons	369
	'We demand unconditional surrender', 18 January 1945, House of Commons	370
	'Greece forever!', 14 February 1945, Constitution Square, Athens	372
	The Yalta Conference, 27 February 1945, House of Commons	373
	Lloyd George, 28 March 1945, House of Commons	378
	President Roosevelt, 17 April 1945, House of Commons	382
	'No words can ever express the horror', 19 April 1945, House of Commons	386
	Victory in Europe, 8 May 1945, House of Commons and Broadcast, London	387
	'This is your victory', 8 May 1945, Ministry of Health, London	390
	'Forward, till the whole task is done', 13 May 1945, Broadcast, London	392
	Back to party politics, 4 June 1945, Broadcast, London	395
	General Eisenhower, 12 June 1945, Mansion House, London	398
	'Dear Desert Rats', 21 July 1945, Winston Club, Berlin	400
	Resignation, 26 July 1945, 10 Downing Street	401
5.	The Sunset Years 1945-63
	The atomic bomb, 6 August 1945, 10 Downing Street	405
	Surrender of Japan, 15 August 1945, House of Commons	407
	'Government of the people', 16 August 1945, House of Commons	409
	Alamein, 25 October 1945, Royal Albert Hall, London	410
	'We did not flinch', 31 October 1945, Harrow School	411
	'The unnecessary war', 16 November 1945, Belgian Parliament, Brussels	411
	'An Iron Curtain has descended', 5 March 1946, Fulton, Missouri	413
	'The tragedy of Europe', 9 May 1946, The Hague, Holland	424
	Palestine, 1 August 1946, House of Commons	425
	A 'United States of Europe', 19 September 1946, Zurich, Switzerland	427
	'A property-owning democracy', 5 October 1946, Blackpool	431
	The Communist menace, 24 October 1946, Loughton	433
	Palestine: 'Blood and shame', 31 January 1947, House of Commons	434
	'United Europe', 14 May 1947, Royal Albert Hall, London	436
	The rights of the British, 4 October 1947, Brighton	444
	'Shabby moneylenders!', 28 October 1947, House of Commons	445
	'Socialism is the philosophy of failure', 28 May 1948, Perth	446
	'When they get the atomic bomb', 9 October 1948, Llandudno, Wales	447
	The North Atlantic Treaty, 12 May 1949, House of Commons	449
	The Berlin Airlift, 21 July 1949, House of Commons	451
	'Prenez-garde! Je vais parler en francais', 12 August 1949, Strasbourg, France	451
	'Watch out! I am going to speak in French' (translation), 12 August 1949, Strasbourg, France	452
	'English literature is a glorious inheritance', 2 November 1949, London	453
	'Our Socialist masters', 9 February 1950, Devonport	453
	'An experiment in freedom', 18 May 1950, Edinburgh	462
	'This century of tragedy and storm', 4 July 1950, Dorchester Hotel, London	462
	'Renewing the glory of our island home', 21 July 1951, Woodford	465
	'Regain our independence', 23 October 1951, Plymouth	469
	'The valiant champion of freedom', 9 November 1951, Guildhall, London	471
	'We must not lose hope!', 17 January 1952, Congress, Washington, DC	473
	King George VI, 7 February 1952, Broadcast, London	476
	'The treacherous trap-door', 11 June 1952, Savoy Hotel, London	479
	'The spirit of England', 23 April 1953, London, and Broadcast	482
	'The Crown and Parliament', 27 May 1953, St Stephen's, Westminster	483
	'Supreme catastrophe', 3 November 1953, House of Commons	485
	'A calmer and kindlier age', 9 November 1954, Guildhall, London	487
	'The nation ... had the lion-heart', 30 November 1954, Westminster Hall	488
	'Never despair!', 1 March 1955, House of Commons	491
	'The Queen!', 4 April 1955, 10 Downing Street	498
	'Let us go boldly forward', 21 June 1955, Guildhall, London	499
	Honorary US Citizenship, 9 April 1963, The White House, Washington, DC	501
Appendix	The Churchill Center and Societies	505
	Index	507

Editorial Reviews

A highly readable and insightful volume that proves Churchill to be a man who spoke his own mind.

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