丘吉尔二战经典演讲：热血、汗水和眼泪

丘吉

尔二

战经

典演

讲

：热

血、

汗水< /p>

和眼

泪

(1940.5.13)

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 t

his

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:

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