In the dark days and darker nights when England stood alone-and most men save Englishmen despaired of England's life-he [Churchill] mobilized the English language and sent it into battle.
Proclamation Conferring Honorary U.S. Citizenship on Sir Winston Churchill, delivered 9 April 1963, Rose Garden, The White House, Washington, D.C.
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