"We have before us an ordeal of the most grievous kind, We have before us many, many long months of struggle and of suffering. You ask, what is our policy? I will say: It is to wage war, by sea, land and air, with all our might and with all the strength that God can give us: to wage war against a monstrous tyranny, never surpassed in the dark, lamentable catalogue of human crime. That is our policy. You ask: what is our aim? I can answer in one word: Victory - victory - at all costs, victory, in spite of all terror, victory, however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival."
I love this quote!
2007-07-12 09:24:33 · 14 answers · asked by Hoochie Coochie Man 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
I'm with you man. Some have said that this quote doesn't apply to the situation today. It does. Like Britain in the early 1940s, we are fighting for our survival. However, this conflict is worse. We aren't fighting one nation, but one religion, one belief system. Islamofascism is a poison that is corrupting the world in a way that Nazism never did. Our enemy does not come out and fight in the open, they hide behind women and children. With the technology available today, they can communicate in ways that the Nazis never could. Those who opposed Churchill refused to acknowledge that the Nazis were a danger; when they finally were disillusioned, it was almost too late. They were willing to sacrifice everything for peace. We have the same today. Many in this country state that this war is a war for oil, or for imperialism. They will not acknowledge that this war is a struggle for the soul of this great nation. Yes, the struggle will be long. Yes, the cost is great. But if America falls, civilization will fall with her, and the formerly free nations of the world will find themselves under Islamic rule. I have another Churchill quote for you: "This is the lesson: never give in, 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."
2007-07-12 10:05:32 · answer #1 · answered by Sam G 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think a product of any educational system in the U.S. can produce one so articulate.
I don't think any political party can come up with one with spine enough to stand against the world for the good of his or her country.
I believe that people in the United States are generally complacent, out of touch with reality, and have only their own selfish interests at heart. I believe they are spoiled. Most of them have never been in real want. Only a relative few have ever seen war and can speak intelligently about it. Most seek the path of least resistance... don't think for yourself but follow a doctrine... don't accept responsibility for your actions--or lack of action but blame somebody else... don't do fou yourself when you can get another to do it for you.
Most have been handed their freedom on a silver platter. Almost non have really had to sacrifice anything for it. Therefore, most have no concept of its value.
I've known a handful of incredibly cogent and perspicacious people with awesome leadership capability in my lifetime. I'd say some of them were probably on a par with Churchill. But these few individuals were too busy being Americans to give it up for politics... for some trite "party line."
2007-07-12 10:00:32 · answer #2 · answered by gugliamo00 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The only Churchill quote I like is this one.. and it's from memory.. so forgive me if the wording is not perfect.
"The greatest argument against Democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter."
2007-07-12 09:40:05 · answer #3 · answered by pip 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Before Churchill was PM he was banished to the political hinterlands by people who CLOSELY resemble the left of today.
Churchill warned of the gathering storm of Hitler and Mussolini and was rebuffed. Only after Europe was in FLAMES did the people crawl back to him and accept his ideas.
2007-07-12 09:29:32 · answer #4 · answered by fourthy27 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
We do not have a society capable of producing or following such a leader. Maybe there are Churchill-quality leaders out there, but they can't get any traction within our corrupt, media-dependent, political systems.
2007-07-12 09:28:08 · answer #5 · answered by B.Kevorkian 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Churchill was absolutely brilliant. Intelligent, articulate, a born leader, a master strategist. We do need a leader like him today.
2007-07-12 09:26:23 · answer #6 · answered by ItsJustMe 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Riddle me this and you'll have my answer.
How does this quote apply to a people who are not tyrannous, who don't have the power to destroy us, and who will never meet us on a battlefield, thus denying any chance of having victory?
2007-07-12 09:32:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Churchill was touted as a lunatic alarmist for years before he was proven correct.
2007-07-12 09:27:42 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
Love it. Too many in this country still dont belive we are at war. I fear the event it will take to awaken them!
2007-07-12 09:33:42 · answer #9 · answered by USA Proud 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
We do have a leader like that. It's the people he's talking to that are different.
2007-07-12 09:27:49 · answer #10 · answered by The emperor has no clothes 7 · 4⤊ 2⤋