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In the Dark Streets Shineth: A 1941 Christmas Eve Story QUOTES

1 " Let the children have their night of fun and laughter. Let the gifts of Father Christmas delight their play. Let us grown-ups share to the full in their unstinted pleasures before we turn again to the stern task and the formidable years that lie before us, resolved that, by our sacrifice and daring, these same children shall not be robbed of their inheritance or denied their right to live in a free and decent world." Winston Churchill Christmas Eve Message, 1941 as printed in "In the Dark Streets Shineth. "

― David McCullough , In the Dark Streets Shineth: A 1941 Christmas Eve Story

2 " Shortly before Christmas 1941, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, at considerable personal risk, crossed the Atlantic in great secrecy to meet with President Franklin D. Roosevelt. On Christmas Eve, from a balcony at the White House, the two leaders spoke to a crowd of 20,000 "

― David McCullough , In the Dark Streets Shineth: A 1941 Christmas Eve Story

3 " Our strongest weapon in this war,” he said, “is that conviction of the dignity and brotherhood of man which Christmas Day signifies.” Churchill began his remarks. Here he was, he said, far from his own country, far from his family. “Yet I cannot truthfully say that I feel far from home,” he told the hushed throng. "

― David McCullough , In the Dark Streets Shineth: A 1941 Christmas Eve Story

4 " Let the children have their night of fun and laughter. Let the gifts of Father Christmas delight their play. Let us grown-ups share to the full in their unstinted pleasures before we turn again to the stern task and the formidable years that lie before us, resolved that, by our sacrifice and daring, these same children shall not be robbed of their inheritance or denied their right to live in a free and decent world. "

― David McCullough , In the Dark Streets Shineth: A 1941 Christmas Eve Story