Juno News - September 09, 2022


Queen Elizabeth II’s most memorable speeches


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Length

5 minutes

Words per minute

120.21531

Word count

670

Sentence count

1


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Learn English with Prime Minister Stephen Harper s Gettysburg address in honour of the 75th anniversary of the broadcast to the nation by his father King George VI on the eve of the start of the Persian Gulf War in December, 1991.

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00:00:00.000 we are trying to do all we can to help our gallant sailors soldiers and airmen and we
00:00:14.440 are trying to to bear our own share of the danger and sadness of war we know every one of us that
00:00:24.840 in the end all will be well for God will care for us and give us victory and peace and when peace
00:00:34.320 comes remember it will be for us the children of today to make the world of tomorrow a better and
00:00:43.380 happier place I declare before you all that my whole life whether it be long or short shall be
00:00:53.400 devoted to your service and to the service of our great Imperial family to which we all belong
00:01:00.180 but I shall not have strength to carry out this resolution alone unless you join in it with me
00:01:08.280 as I now invite you to do I know that your support will be unfailingly given God help me to make good
00:01:17.700 my vow and God bless all of you who are willing to share in it my Lords members of the House of Commons
00:01:27.900 my husband and I look forward eagerly to the series of visits we shall make next year in the Commonwealth
00:01:36.480 where we shall renew and extend the friendships which we value so very highly in the early part of the
00:01:45.460 year we shall visit India and Pakistan on the invitation of the presidents of those countries and I welcome
00:01:53.700 especially this opportunity of seeing for the first time something of these two great nations of the Commonwealth
00:02:01.680 my government will play their full part in maintaining the North Atlantic Alliance and the other regional
00:02:10.380 pacts to which they belong my armed forces will continue to make their contribution to the safeguarding of
00:02:19.140 world peace the genius of Canadian federalism however lies in your consistent ability to overcome
00:02:28.520 differences through reason and compromise that ability is reflected in the willingness of the
00:02:36.720 ordinary people of French-speaking and English-speaking Canada and of the various regions to respect each other's
00:02:45.160 rights and to create together the conditions under which all may prosper in freedom as a nation we are
00:02:54.540 rightly proud of our armed forces that fight has been fully justified by their conduct in the Gulf War so
00:03:02.780 far as they with our allies face a fresh and yet sterner challenge I hope that we can unite in praying for
00:03:15.100 that their success will be as swift as it is certain and that it may be achieved with a smaller cost in
00:03:22.600 human life and suffering as possible then may the true reward of their courage be granted a just and
00:03:31.420 lasting peace 75 years ago hundreds of thousands of young soldiers sailors and airmen left these shores in the
00:03:43.560 cause of freedom in a broadcast to the nation at that time my father King George VI said what is demanded from us all is
00:03:58.580 something more than courage and endurance we need a revival of spirit a new unconquerable resolve that is exactly what
00:04:11.420 those brave men brought to the battle as the fate of the world depended on their success
00:04:18.420 many of them would never return and the heroic heroism courage and sacrifice of those who lost their lives will
00:04:31.880 never be forgotten it is with humility and pleasure on behalf of the entire country indeed the whole free
00:04:43.100 world that I say to you all thank you while we have faced challenges before this one is different this time
00:04:54.400 we join with all nations across the globe in a common endeavor using the great advances of science
00:05:01.400 and our instinctive compassion to heal we will succeed and that success will belong to every one of us we should
00:05:13.400 take comfort that while we may have more still to endure better days will return we will be with our
00:05:21.400 friends again we will be with our families again we will meet again but for now I send my thanks
00:05:30.400 and warmest good wishes to you all