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If Tonight Our People Were Asked To Cast Their Vote Whether A Convention Should Be Entered Into To Stop The Bombing Of Cities, The Overwhelming Majority Would Cry, "we Will Mete Out To Them [the Germans] The Measure, And More Than The Measure, That They Have Meted Out To Us... We Will Have No Truce Or Parley With You, Or The Grisly Gang Who Work Your Wicked Will. You Do Your Worst - And We Will Do Our Best."

-Winston Churchill

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If Tonight Our People

Winston Churchill

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If Tonight Our People Were Asked To Cast Their Vote Whether A Convention Should Be Entered Into To Stop The Bombing Of Cities, The Overwhelming Majority Would Cry, "we Will Mete Out To Them [the Germans] The Measure, And More Than The Measure, That They Have Meted Out To Us... We Will Have No Truce Or Parley With You, Or The Grisly Gang Who Work Your Wicked Will. You Do Your Worst - And We Will Do Our Best."

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The Times Is Speechless, And Takes Three Columns To Express Its Speechlessness.

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What Kind Of People Do They Think We Are? Is It Possible They Do Not Realize That We Shall Never Cease To Persevere Against Them Until They Have Been Taught A Lesson Which They And The World Will Never Forget?

To Secure Your Historical Standing, Be Sure You Are The First To Write About It.

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Guarantees That

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