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"Sir Winston Churchill"
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Oscar
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Sir Winston Churchill, 1874-1965
see below |
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West of Nathan Phillips
Square, New City Hall |
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Presented to the City of
Toronto by the Churchill Memorial Committee aided by the generosity of
Henry R. Jackman, OC., K. St. J., QC. Mayor was David Crombie, President
of City Council David P. Smith |
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Bronze |
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October 23, 1977 |
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His faith and
leadership inspired free men to fight in every corner of the globe for
the triumph of justice and liberty
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“We
shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall
fight on the seas and oceans. We shall fight with growing confidence
and growing strength in the air. We shall defend our island, whatever
the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches. We shall fight
on the landing grounds. We shall fight in the fields and in the streets.
We shall fight in the hills. We shall never surrender."
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Speech on Dunkirk
in the House of Commons June 4, 1940
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Their generals
advised France’s divided cabinet:
“In
three weeks England will have her neck wrung like a chicken.”
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“Some
chicken! Some neck!”
Canadian House
of Commons,
December 30, 1941
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“I
have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat."
May 13, 1940
“Never
in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.”
Battle of Britain,
August 20, 1940
“He mobilized the English
language and sent it into battle.”
President Kennedy,
April 9, 1963
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