“The courage, the unconquerable grit and stamina of our people, showed itself from the very outset. Without that all would have failed. Upon that rock, all stood unshakable.”
Winston Churchill
You do your worst—and we will do our best (Primary source)
Churchill’s defiant July 1941 oration rallied London’s battered civil defenders, pledging reciprocal retribution against Nazi terror while celebrating Britain’s unconquerable spirit amid the gathering storm of total war.
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