Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwelath last for a thousand years, men will still say, “This was their finest hour.” 657
We shall not flag or fail. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender. 581
