To each there comes in their lifetime a special moment when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance to do a very special thing, unique to them and fitted to their talents. What a tragedy if that moment finds them unprepared or unqualified for that which could have been their finest hour.

Of all the talents bestowed upon men, none is so precious as the gift of oratory !!

And what a plan! This vast operation is undoubtedly the most complicated and difficult that has ever occurred.

The question which we must ask ourselves is not whether we like or do not like what is going on, but what we are going to do about it.

The British nation is unique in this respect. They are the only people who like to be told how bad things are, who like to be told the worst.

There is only one answer to defeat and that is victory.

This is no war of chieftains or of princes, of dynasties or national ambition; it is a war of peoples and of causes. There are vast numbers, not only in this Island but in every land, who will render faithful service in this war, but whose names will never be known, whose deeds will never be recorded. This is a War of the Unknown Warriors