In May 1940, during the darkest days of WW2, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill stood before the House of Commons and delivered a speech that was broadcast by radio to the entire nation. in the course to that speech, he said these words. " I HAVE NOTHING TO OFFER BUT BLOOD, TOIL, TEARS, AND SWEAT. WE HAVE BEFORE US AND ORDEAL OF THE MOST GRIEVOUS KIND. WE HAVE BEFORE US MANY, MANY LONG MONTHS OF STRUGGLE AND SUFFERING." Those are dark and depressing words, and Churchill was giving the British people a realistic assessment of the crisis they faced. As in on paper, those words cause the soul to sink into despair. yet, when spoken by Churchill, those words actually had the effect of lifting the morale and igniting the fighting spirit of the British people. With thos bulldog swagger, Churchill went on to say, " YOU ASK, WHAT IS OUR AIM? I CAN ANSWER IN ONE WORD: VICTORY. VOCTORY AT ALL COSTS, VICTORY IN SPITE OF ALL TERROR, VICTORY, HOWEVER LAING AND HARD THE ROEAD MAY BE, FOR WITHOUT VICTORY THERE IS NO SURVIVAL." Winston Churchill did not sutgarcoat the problems they faced. He communicated the enormity of the crisis in no uncertain terms- but he focused on the task ahead through the lens of his personal power, his infectious confidence, his defiant courage. And the result was that a seemingly defeated nation experienced a resurgent morale. The peopl;e of Great Britain rallied behind him, battled bravely, and fulfilled his promise of VICTORY>..
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