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We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, 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.

Winston Churchill

Source
Speech to the House of Commons, 4 June 1940
Written
1940

About this quotation

Churchill gave the speech after the evacuation of British and Allied troops from Dunkirk. He was reporting on that evacuation and warning that “wars are not won by evacuations”. The speech was delivered in the House of Commons and was not broadcast live.

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