<< What General Weygand called the Battle of France is over. I expect that the Battle of Britain is about to begin. Upon this battle depends the survival of Christian civilization. Upon it depends our own British life, and the long continuity of our institutions and our Empire. The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us. Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this Island or lose the war. If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sunlit uplands. But if we fail, then the whole world, including the United States, including all that we have known and cared for, will sink into the abyss of a new Dark Age made more sinister, and perhaps more protracted, by the lights of perverted science. Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, "This was their finest hour." >>
excerpt from Winston Churchill's speech to the House of Commons, June18 1940
Exceptional speech that made a nation and perhaps the free world ready to die for a cause.
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<< John 3:16 "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." >>
Memorable, the first bible quote I ever learned and one that sticks with me always.
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<< "I've always followed my father's advice: he told me, first to always keep my word and, second, to never insult anybody unintentionally. If I insult you, you can be goddamn sure I intend to. And, third, he told me not to go around looking for trouble." >>
John Wayne on advice from his father.
John Wayne was a mans man, a rugged hero to many (even those who were hippy liberals watched "The Duke" in his movies) and a man who stood by his principles, sometimes in the face of great adversity.