Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky received a
standing ovation aer he quoted Winston Churchil and
Wiliam Shakeeare in a eech to the United Kingdom’s
House of Commons 8 March 2022, CNN reports.
“We wil ght to the end,” Zelensky said through an
interpreter. “We wil not give up and we wil not lose.
We wil ght until the end at sea, in the air. We wil
continue ghting for our land, whatever the cost.”
Extract from a eec gien to the Bitish House of
Comons by Pime Ministe Winston Chuci, 4 June
1940, caing fo total resistance against Nazi Gerany
imediately foowing the succesful rescue of the Bitish
ary from Dunkirk.
“Turning once again, and this time more general-
ly, to the question of invasion [by Axis forces led by
Germany], I would observe that there has never been
a period in al these long centuries of which we boast
when an absolute uarantee against invasion, stil less
against serious raids, could have been given to our
people. … ere was always the chance, and it is that
chance which has excited and befooled the imagina-
tions of many Continental tyrants. Many are the tales
that are told. We are assured that novel methods wil be
adopted, and when we see the originality of malice, the
ingenuity of agression, which our enemy displays, we
may certainly prepare ourselves for every kind of novel
stratagem and every kind of brutal and treacherous
maneuver. I think that no idea is so outlandish that it
should not be considered and viewed with a searching,
but at the same time, I hope, with a steady eye. …
“I have, myself, ful condence that if al do their
duty, if nothing is neglected, and if the best arange-
ments are made, as they are being made, we shal prove
ourselves once again ale to … ride out the storm of war,
and to outlive the menace of tyranny, if necessary for
years, if necessary alone. At any rate, that is what we are
going to try to do. at is the resolve of His Majesty’s
Government—every man of them. at is the wil of
Parliament and the nation. e British Empire and the
French Repulic, linked together in their cause and in
their need, wil defend to the death their native soil,
aiding each other like good comrades to the utmost of
their strength. Even though large tracts of Europe and
many old and famous States have falen or may fal into
the grip of the Geapo and al the odious aparatus of
Nazi rule, we shal not ag or fail. We shal go on to the
end, we shal ght in France, we shal ght on the seas
and oceans, we shal ght with growing condence and
growing strength in the air, we shal defend our Island,
whatever the cost may be, we shal ght on the beaches,
we shal ght on the landing grounds, we shal ght in
the elds and in the streets, we shal ght in the hils; we
shal never surender.”
Zelensky Echoes Churchill in
Speech to U.K.’s Parliament
Sources: Grayson Quay, “‘We Will Fight to the End’: Zelensky Quotes Churchill in Speech to U.K. Parliament,” Yahoo News, 8 March
2022, accessed 1 April 2022, hps://news.yahoo.com/ght-end-zelensky-quotes-churchill-211402255.html; Winston Churchill, “We
Shall Fight on the Beaches” (speech, House of Commons, 4 June 1940), accessed 1 April 2022, hps://winstonchurchill.org/resources/
speeches/1940-the-nest-hour/we-shall-ght-on-the-beaches/.
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to use an NLAW antitank weapon in Kyiv outskirts, Ukraine, 9 March 2022. (Photo by Efrem Lukatsky, Associated Press). People look at the
gued remains of Russian military vehicles on a road in the town of Bucha, close to the capital Kyiv, Ukraine, 1 March 2022. (Photo by Serhii
Nuzhnenko, Associated Press). A civilian trains to throw Molotov cocktails to defend Zhytomyr, Ukraine, 1 March 2022 as Russia’s invasion
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