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6. I'll post this Churchill speech just one more time, because it seems appropriate here.
Sun May 29, 2022, 10:59 PM
May 2022

In terms of managing a war, yes.
Others: YMMV

Original is here: last 5 or so lines. It's a vote of confidence resolution.
https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/speech/blood.htm

I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.

We have before us many, many months of struggle and suffering.
You ask, what is our policy? I say it is to wage war by land, sea, and air. War with all our might and with all the strength God has given us, and to wage war against a monstrous tyranny never surpassed in the dark and lamentable catalogue of human crime. That is our policy. You ask, what is our aim?

I can answer in one word. It is victory. Victory at all costs - Victory in spite of all terrors - Victory, however long and hard the road may be, for without victory there is no survival.
Let that be realized. No survival for the British Empire, no survival for all that the British Empire has stood for, no survival for the urge, the impulse of the ages, that mankind shall move forward toward his goal.
I take up my task in buoyancy and hope. I feel sure that our cause will not be suffered to fail among men. I feel entitled at this juncture, at this time, to claim the aid of all and to say, "Come then, let us go forward together with our united strength."



I made a few edits to shift the speech to our own challenge. You can find them here.
https://democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=16725945

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