Victory was to be bought so dear as to be almost indistinguishable from defeat.

Before Alamein we never had a victory. After Alamein we never had a defeat.

In all our long history we have never seen a greater day than this.

No compromise with the main purpose; no peace till victory; no pact with unrepentant wrong.

You ask what the aim is? I tell you it is victory - total victory.

A year ago our position looked forlorn, and well nigh desperate, to all eyes but our own. Today we may say aloud before an awe-struck world, 'We are still masters of our fate. We still are captain of our souls.