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- A broken statue of Roman emperor 'Marcus Aurelius'

• @Belmont66 •

Sweet dreams are made of this
Who am I to disagree?
Travel the world and the seven seas
Everybody's looking for something
Some of them want to use you
Some of them want to get used by you
Some of them want to abuse you
Some of them want to be abused

I want to use you and abuse you
I want to know what's inside you

We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he today that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile

- 'Henry V' play by William Shakespeare

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The cattttttt

I would say to the House as I said to those who have joined this government: "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat". 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 war against 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.

أود أن أقولَ لمجلس النواب ما قلتُ لِمَن انضمّوا إلى الحكومة الجديدة: "ليس لديّ ما أقدّمه سوى الدم والنَصَب والدموع والعرق".
تنتظرنا مِحنة هي من أسوأ المِحن. تنتظرنا أشهر طويلة وكثيرة من الكفاح والعذاب.

ربّما تسألون، ما هي سياستنا؟ عندها سأجيبكم: سياستنا هي أنْ نشنّ الحربَ في البحر وعلى الأرض وفي السماء بكل قدرتنا وبكل قوة يؤتينا بها الرب؛ أنْ نشنّ الحربَ ضدّ طاغية متوحش، لم يُشهد لجرائمه مثيلٌ ولا حتى بَينَ أسوأ الجرائم التي ارتكبها البشر وأكثرِها شرًّا. هذه هي سياستنا. ربما تسألون، ما هو هدفنا؟ سأجيبكم بكلمة واحدة: النصر. النصر بأيّ ثمن—النصر رغم الرّعب والإرهاب—النصر، مهما كان الطريقُ لهُ طويلًا وصعبًا، لأنّ لا نجاة لنا بدونِ النصر.