Loud Thinking

Come then, let us go forward together with our united strength.

How similar were the two positions of Winston Churchill on 13, May 1940 and of Imran Khan in May, 2013 when Churchill said his famous quote:-

“I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.”

We are almost in the same situation like the UK was when on 13 May, 1940 this speech was delivered by Winston Churchill.

[We have before us an ordeal of the most grievous kind. We have before us many, many long months of struggle and of suffering. You ask, what is our policy? I will say: It is to wage war, by sea, land and air, with all our might and with all the strength that God can give us; to wage waragainst 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: victory; victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, 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 and impulse of the ages, that mankind will move forward towards its goal. But I take up my task with buoyancy and hope. I feel sure that our cause will not be suffered to fail among men. At this time I feel entitled to claim the aid of all, and I say, “Come then, let us go forward together with our united strength.”]

Winston Churchill – May 13, 1940