However we may differ in political opinion, however divergent our Party interests, however diverse our callings and stations, we have this in common. We mean to defend our Island from tyranny and aggression, and so far as we can, we mean to hold out a helping hand to others who may be in an even more immediate danger than at this moment we are ourselves.
1938, 9 May, Manchester. (Blood, 19.)
I submit to you that these matters of national defence and foreign policy ought to be considered upon a plane above Party, and apart from natural antagonisms which separate a Government and an Opposition. They affect the life of the nation. They influence the fortunes of the world.
1939, 19 May. Corn Exchange, Cambridge.
(Blood, 165.)
Wwe must rise above that weakness of democratic and Parliamentary Governments, in not being able to pursue a steady policy for a long time, so as to get results. It is surely our plain duty to persevere steadfastly, irrespective of party feelings or national diversities, for only in this way have we good chances of securing that lasting world peace under a sovereign world instrument of security on which our hearts are set.
1949, 12 May.
On the occasion of the signing of the NATO pact (see North Atlantic Treaty Organization). A theme of Churchill throughout his life that in every country, "politics must stop at the water’s edge”.
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