Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat
First Speech as Prime Minister to the Hou of Commons
Winston Churchill愉快的英语， May 13, 1940
跑男名单On Friday evening last I received His Majesty's commission to form a new Administration. It as the evident wish and will of Parliament and the nation that this should be conceived on the broadest possible basis and that it should include all parties, both tho who supported the late Government and also the parties of the Opposition. I have completed the most important part of this task. A War Cabinet has been formed of five Members, reprenting, with the Opposition Liberals, the unity of the nation. The three party Leaders have agreed to rve, either in the War Cabinet or in high executive office. The three Fighting Services have been filled. It was necessary that this should be done in one single day, on account of the extreme urgency and rigour of events. A number of other positions, key positions, were filled yesterday, and I am submitting a further list to His Majesty to-night. I hope to complete the appointment of the principal Ministers during to-morrow. the appointment of the other Ministers usually takes a little longer, but I trust that, when Parliament meets again, this part 高一语文教材
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I considered it in the public interest to suggest that the Hou should be summoned to meet today. Mr. Speaker agreed, and took the necessary steps, in accordance with the powers conferred upon him by the Resolution of the Hou. At the end of the proceedings today, the Adjournment of the Hou will be propod until Tuesday, 21st May, with, of cour, provision for earlier meeting, if need be. The business to be considered during that week will be notified to Members at the earliest opportunity. I now invite the Hou, by the Motion which stands in my name, to record its approval of the steps taken and to declare its confidence in the new Government.
滚烫是什么意思To form an Administration of this scale and complexity is a rious undertaking in itlf, but it must be remembered that we are in the preliminary stage of one of the greatest battles in history, that we are in action at many other points in Norway and in Holland, that we have to be prepared in the Mediterranean, that the air battle is continuous and that many preparations, such as have been indicated by my hon. Friend below the Gangway, have to be made here at home. In this crisis I hope I may be pardoned if I do n儿童雨靴>小猪胖胖
ot address the Hou at any length today. I hope that any of my friends and colleagues, or former colleagues, who are affected by the political reconstruction, will make allowance, all allowance, for any lack of ceremony with which it has been necessary to act. I would say to the Hou, as I said to tho who have joined this government: "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat."
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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 can say: It is to wage war, by a, 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 surpasd in the dark, 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 terror, victory, however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival. Let that be realid; no survival for the British Empire, no survival for all that the British Empire has stood for, no survival for the urge and impul of the ages, that mankind will move forward towards its goal. But I take up my task with buoyancy and hope. I feel sure that o
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