British Speeches of the Day, Volume 1British Information Services, 1943 - Great Britain |
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Page 13 - I do not know the method of drawing up an indictment against a whole people.
Page 14 - ... 4. That the functions of the Interim Commission be to formulate and recommend for consideration by each member government or authority: (a) A specific plan for a permanent organization in the field of food and agriculture...
Page 35 - It is also declared to be the friendly right of each Member of the League to bring to the attention of the Assembly or of the Council any circumstance whatever affecting international relations which threatens to disturb international peace or the good understanding between nations upon which peace depends.
Page 11 - When I hear people talking in an airy way of throwing modern armies ashore here and there as if they were bales of goods to be dumped on a beach and forgotten, I really marvel at the lack of knowledge which still prevails of the conditions of modern war.
Page 14 - It is impossible for any nation or group of nations to prescribe the methods or provide the means by which any other nation can accomplish or maintain its own political and economic independence, be strong, prosper and attain high spiritual goals. It is possible, however, for all nations to give and to receive help.
Page 14 - Government were convinced that the administration of the British Colonies must continue to be the sole responsibility of Great Britain, the policy of His Majesty's Government was to work in close co-operation with neighboring and friendly nations.
Page 39 - ... essential part of our Parliamentary life. The House of Commons has lifted our affairs above the mechanical sphere into the human sphere. It thrives on criticism, it is perfectly impervious to newspaper abuse or taunts from any quarter, and it is capable of digesting almost anything or almost any body of gentlemen, whatever be the views with which they arrive. There is no situation to which it cannot address itself with vigour and ingenuity. It is the citadel of British liberty ; it is the foundation...
Page 59 - Let no one suggest that we British have not at least as great an interest as the United States in the unflinching and relentless waging of war against Japan ; and I am here to tell you that we will wage that war side by side with you in accordance with the best strategic employment of our forces while there is a breath in our bodies and while blood flows in our veins.
Page 31 - Planning, to be charged with the duty of securing consistency and continuity in the framing and execution of a national policy with respect to the use and development of land throughout England and Wales...
Page 23 - I regard the extension of local government as one of the quickest, and certainly the surest, methods of making certain of the extension of central government.