The samo. Samo, once more. Unfortunately, today there is no Churchill to pull us together.
Mr. Churchill (a man of destiny) said, " If your going through Hell, keep going."
This country wants peace, no war! 99.99% of Brits did not want war!
Racious purity?
"He was a stubborn old bugger who lived in the past, but he never gave up! He was the right man at the right time."
"On the contrary, he was always looking forward, especially in world affairs! He saw the future "
(a great film, similar in style to Remains of The Day...another great film.)
Cast: Albert Finney as Churchill, Vanessa Redgrave as Clementine—just a perfect pair! This is a beautifully written film incorporating several real Churchill quotes. The incidents are largely based on fact.
https://youtu.be/2xA4FPjsXOY?si=yfU4_hmAstysYWhr
This film is remarkable both for context and relevance. It illustrates the same reluctance of the British people to face reality while simultaneously believing all will be well. The 1930’s were not dissimilar to nowadays, which again very few seem to be concerned about. History repeats itself only for different names of human beings.
Sad? Happy as you got chances to make a difference!
How so?
Proceed.
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at one of Al's dinner parties Clemy you have four children who
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require your love and support, not to mention our husband, who has to work 20 hours a day to keep this household
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afloat and you think it's all right do you to leave us to go off chasing
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lizards with Walter Guinness what am I supposed to say to
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that well don't you think it just might be construed as just a little
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selfish well don't you, huh, Winston, do not accuse me of being
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selfish do do not dare I've spent the last 26 years of my life trying to please you and I've done everything and
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I mean everything I put your happiness before the children's happiness before my
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happiness I've ever ever met
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so don't accuse me of being selfish Winston don't you?
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dare sorry, sir I thought somebody
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the Sprouts misbehaved, yes, sir
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is this pushy cat Mr pug is very [Music] sorry [ __ ] cat, do let me
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Mr. Puck is very lonely out here, Mrs [ __ ] cat, please
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wolof wolof [Music]
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If mommy open the window what darling, open the window here
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why you open the window when you have to
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show pull up in
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the goodbye goodbye JM goodbye goodbye
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and how are you this morning, sir, all right? I think thank you for asking, missing hard, of course but that's to be
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expected no point in dwelling on her absence we must kbo yes I keep buggering
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on at all times, sir
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paragraph Dian has gone back to our husband come but I fear the marriage
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will will not last stop Ines out I'm in the middle of a letter telephone sir out
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the man says it's important sir go back later really important who is it major sanki sir who the hell is Major sanki
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one of your constituency workers I think you should talk to him what now yes Mr Churchill he's been ringing all morning all right all right Ines you're the most
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irritating club that ever walk the earth I was in the middle of a letter to my wife and now I've completely lost my train of thought idiots have you no
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sensitivity whatsoever there's no need to be insulting so I was merely passing on a message shut up in how dare you uh
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tell the the girl to put the call through up here she's gone to Lun well then you do it yourself I am not
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acquainted with a mechanism oh God Mighty bloody hell you're very rude to
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me Ines you're very rude to me sir yes but I'm a great
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man you're a stupid old
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bugger Mr Churchill's in trouble what do you mean Mr Baldwin or
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some someone high up is trying to get him pushed out of what the conservative
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party don't be Dar go they wouldn't do a thing like that they don't like all his speeches about Germany they want to shut
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him up well can they do that Mrs P just kick him out they could I suppose
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yes organize a vote of no confidence something like that they never get over
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it I know I tell you this Mrs P if they do kick him out I shall never vote Tori
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again never not even liberal bastard how dare they bers this is absolutely the worst
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thing of my whole blooded life I'm surrounded by enemies they call me a war Monger
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because I speak the blunt truth baldman is behind is sty bloody Baldwin no
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better than an epileptic corpse who is in charge of the
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clattering Train the Axel Creak and the coupling strain the PAC is hot and the
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points are near and sleep has deadened the driver's ear and the signals flash
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through the nights in vain for death is in charge of the clattering
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train you'll be needing a glass of champagne possibly
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too Charlie mommy's nearly finish and then I promise we'll go out to the park there's someone to see you ma'am oh
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who who uh Mr pettifer pettier to see me we'll go in a minute
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darling what are you reading
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Charlie good afternoon misser Mrs wigram I'm afraid my husband's not home
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it was you I came to see me please do sit down thank
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you I need your help in a rather delicate and conf idential matter the
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Prime Minister feels it would be advantageous if your husband did not see quite so much of Mr
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Churchill what do you mean it's perhaps not wise not good for him not wise for
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who your husband well then shouldn't you be telling this to my husband I'm quite
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sure he takes note of what you say what my husband does is his own business I
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wouldn't dream of trying to interfere no no of course not but do remember your husband is the head of an important part
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part of the foreign office it's not a good idea for him to tell Mr Churchill what's going on why if indeed he has
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been please Mrs wigram don't let argue about this please Mr Peter don't treat
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me like a child if your husband persists in seeing
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Winston he may find himself being posted somewhere inconveniently distant which would of course be
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difficult with regard to your son; difficult for him to travel, I mean
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difficult, and I should imagine finding the appropriate medical assistance in certain parts of the
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world I dare say it would mean you're having to stay here; you've made a foolish mistake, Mr
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pettifer oh a tactical error when a member of the government comes to my house and threatens me so openly it only
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goes to show how extremely important it is that my husband continue his friendship with Mr Churchill; that is my
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opinion anyway
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please give my regards to your husband do tell him what I said I think I prefer not
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to good afternoon Mrs
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wigram what do you want Mr Churchill I'm looking for a letter what letter I
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thought there might be something from clamy not [Music]
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well perhaps the prime minister's right perhaps we should try to find a
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compromise with her Hitler what don't be ridiculous we know that's impossible then perhaps perhaps we should let him
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have his own way you got to say gray what ridiculous nonsense is this gra
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you're tired we should go home hundreds of thousands of people will die
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millions and I should be responsible WIS that's just not true partly responsible
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then how would you be remotely responsible by showing those papers to Winston by stirring up public opinion by
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making it impossible for the government to reach a settlement with the Nazis Hitler is Unstoppable in three years
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he's made himself dictator of Germany he's dumped the Treaty of Versa and rebuilt the Armed Forces he'll March into Austria and then czechslovakia and
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then God knows what the whole of Europe there may be a war I grant you
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that nevertheless we shall win how can you say that it's just
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Mindless optimism when I was in school I had a friend called Merlin
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Evans and one day we were talking about what we would do when we were grown up and I don't know why I said this or
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why I thought it but I said one day in the future Britain will be in great
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Danger and it will fall to me to save London and the
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Empire school boy fantasy I want you to play for England or climb
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Everest my destiny and I truly believe
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it you're an extraordinary man Winston I am I know it nobody but you could say
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that sort of thing and expect people to believe it Destiny is what I believe in
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there the commands we must
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obey what a very jolly lunch I'm afraid look out yourself take care of ra he
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needs you so much I will thank you Cy bye
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[Music] all over Europe it is the hush of suspense and in
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Many Lands it is the hush of fear during these last few years the
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world has grown Gravely darker we have steadily disarmed partly
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with a sincere desire to give a lead to other countries and partly through the severe
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Financial pressure of the time but a change must now be
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made we must not continue longer on a course in which we alone are growing
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weaker by ger is growing
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[Music] stronger prime
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minister oh hello Wy
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I hear there's a nonsensical rumor that you're about to retire please state that that isn't the
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case well I should be making an official announcement in due course but please be
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discreet I don't want everybody to know I'm very surprised you're much loved in
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the country s I've had my day I'm exhausted know some days I'm so tired I
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can hardly turn over the pages of a book we've uh had our differences profound
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differences but I've always admired your great political
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skills Winston let me tell you something to my mind war is the greatest Folly
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that can afflict mankind no absolutely no question about it please don't interrupt now maybe you're right about
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Hitler perhaps this war is inevitable but I believe that I am also right I
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have done everything everything in my power to preserve peace and I would do exactly the same all over
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again Bloodshed sorrow irreparable loss that's what I've been hoping to
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prevent but as I say you may well be right
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so many telegrams today German troops are on the March thousands of them hence
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all the telegrams Hitler's planning to invade the world and we're planning to do nothing about it what' you make of that
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margerie oh well I'm perhaps we should go home what do you think or we could take a stroll at St James's part it's
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remarkable weather we're having for this time of year and well we're hardly much use here are
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we sorry sorry marer it's a poor
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[Music] joke thank you thank you for
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these marjerie I going to ask what time is the defense meeting tomorrow I don't
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think you're required at that meeting Mr wigram we haven't received any
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notification not required
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fine it's funny how word gets [Music]
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around thank you very much come on my little man here we are hello
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oh Charlie it's snowing how lovely eel can you manage yes thank you ma'am we
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should go and find daddy in the garden and make a snowman what do you think oh silly
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mommy silly Mommy we wish you a Merry Christmas we
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wish you a Merry Christmas we wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
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shall I take you thank you come on young man what you need is a bath good
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bath we have in a
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minute [Music] ra what's
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wrong nothing drink
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please for
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ra the snow it's settled how wonderful we must take
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Charlie to the par he's never seen snow like this so beautiful like a
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painting you must telephone to the office tell them you won't be in today just for 2 or 3 hours it is Christmas
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after all I'm sure they can spare you I'm afraid I absolutely forbid you to go to work on a day like
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Churchill: "Rafe acted heroically, not because he was unaware of the dangers ahead, but because he recognized and feared them deeply. Despite that fear, he faced those risks head-on. There's no greater measure of bravery than a man who acts in spite of his fear." https://youtu.be/2xA4FPjsXOY?t=4715
"Buggered up"—That Pushkin (Russian poet) quote completely lifted me out of a certain pre-election mood. Thanks.
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