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Blood, Sweat And Tears


Winston Churchill May 13, 1940


On Friday evening last I received from His Majesty the mission to
form a new administration.

It was the evident will of Parliament and the nation that this should
be conceived on the broadest possible basis and that it should
include all parties.


I have already completed the most important part of this task. A war
cabinet has been formed of five members, representing, with the
Labor, Opposition and Liberals, the unity of the nation.

It was necessary that this should be done in one single day on
account of the extreme urgency and rigor of events. Other key
positions were filled yesterday. I am submitting a further list to the
King tonight. I hope to complete the appointment of principal
Ministers during tomorrow.

The appointment of other Ministers usually takes a little longer. I
trust when Parliament meets again this part of my task will be
completed and that the administration will be complete in all
respects.

I considered it in the public interest to suggest to the Speaker that
the House should be summoned today. At the end of today's
proceedings, the adjournment of the House will be proposed until
May 2l with provision for earlier meeting if need be. Business for
that will be notified to M. P. 's at the earliest opportunity.

I now invite the House by a resolution to record its approval of the
steps taken and declare its confidence in the new government. The
resolution


That this House welcomes the formation of a government
representing the united and inflexible resolve of the nation to
prosecute the war with Germany to a victorious conclusion.

To form an administration of this scale and complexity is a serious
undertaking in itself. But we are in the preliminary Phase of one of
the greatest battles in history. We are in action at any other
points-in Norway and in Holland-and we have to be prepared in the
Mediterranean. The air battle is continuing, and many preparations
have to be made here at home.

In this crisis I think I may be pardoned if I do not address the House
at any length today, and I hope that any of my friends and
colleagues or for mer colleagues who are affected by the political
reconstruction will make all allowances for any lack of ceremony
with which it has been necessary to act.

I say to the House as I said to Ministers who have joined this
government, I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.
We have before us an ordeal of the most grievous kind. We have
before us many, many months of struggle and suffering.

You ask, what is our policy I say it is to wage war by land, sea and
air. War with all our might and with all the strength God has given
us, and to wage war against a monstrous tyranny never surpassed
in the dark and lamentable catalogue of human crime. That is our
policy.

You ask, what is our aim I can answer in one word, It is victory.
Victory at all costs-victory in spite of all terrors-victory, however
long and hard the road may be, for without victory there is no
survival.

Let that be realized. No survival for the British Empire, no survival
for all that the British Empire has stood for, no survival for the urge,
the impulse of the ages, that mankind shall move forward toward
his goal.

I take up my task in buoyancy and hope. I feel sure that our cause
will not be suffered to fail among men.

I feel entitled at this juncture, at this time, to claim the aid of all and
to say, Come then, let us go forward together with our united
strength.
这是丘吉尔
1940
年
5
月
13
日在下院发表的首相就职演讲，内容大
概如下：