Using the most perfect word and the unforgettable, courageously emotional phrases.”Ĭanadian servicemen and women matured quickly under fire. It is the English of poets trained to take the shortest route to an idea. He uses the English of the King James period - powerful, direct, richly intoned. It has come from generations upon generations of culture and sensitivity and authority and human warmth. Margaret Laurence, a noted Canadian author in her own right, wrote about the speech: “His voice is a gift from god. “Some chicken … Some neck.” The gallery and the Parliament erupted in tumultuous applause. Because the French General Maxime Weygand had told the last civilian premier of the Third Republic that “in three weeks Britain will have her neck wrung like a chicken,” Churchill derisively retorted. Despite the prevailing mood, he exuded confidence.
Article contentĬhurchill spoke to Canada’s Parliament on a more solemn occasion in the bleak days of December 1941.
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