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"Even though large tracts of Europe and many old and famous states are in the grip of the Gestapo and all the odious apparatus of Nazi rule, we shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France. We shall fight on the seas and oceans. We shall fight with growing strength and growing confidence in the air. We shall defend this island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches. We shall fight on the landing grounds. We shall fight in the fields and in the streets. We shall fight in the hills. We shall never surrender. And if, which I do not for a moment believe, this island, or a large part of it is suffering and starving, then our Empire beyond the sea, armed and guarded by the British fleet, shall carry on the struggle, until, in God's good time, the New World, in all it's power and might, steps forth to the rescue and liberation of the Old."