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Turning once again to the question of invasion,I would observe that there has never been a periodin all these long centuries of which we boastwhen an absolute guarantee against invasioncould have been given to our I have myselffull confidence that if all do their duty,if nothing is neglected,and the best arrangements are made,as they are being made,we shall prove ourselves once more ableto defend our island ride out the storm of warand to outlive the menace of necessaryfor years, if any rate, that is what we areare going to try to is the resolve of His Majesty's Government, every man of is the willof Parliament and the British Empireand the French Republic,linked together in their cause and in their need,will defend to the deaththeir nation each other like good comradesto the utmost of their though large tracts of Europeand many old and famous stateshave fallen or may fall intothe grip of the Gestapoand all the odious apparatus of the Nazi rule,we shall not flag or shall go on to the end!We shall fight in shall fight on the seas and the shall fight with growing confidenceand growing strengths in the shall defend our island,whatever the cost may shall fight on the shall fight on the landing shall fight in the fieldsand in the shall fight in the shall never surrender!And ifAnd ifwhich I do not a moment believe,this island or large part of it werewere subjugated and starving,then our empire beyond the seas,armed and guarded by the British fleet,would carry on the , in God's good time,the New World, with all its power and might,steps forth to the rescueand the liberation of the old!