And how about the very very short commencement speech that Winston Churchill gave, in which he said, “Never give up, never give up, never give up,” and then sat down? Never give in. That never … Never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in, except to convictions of honour and good sense. Harrow School. Never give up!! Never yield to force. Never Give In October 29, 1941. Never yield to force. It ran: “Not less we praise in darker days The leader of our nation, And Churchill’s name shall win acclaim From each new generation. When Churchill visited Harrow on October 29 to hear the traditional songs again, he discovered that an additional verse had been added to one of them. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.” Never, never, never-never-never-never!'" And he wasn't Sir Winston till 1953. Churchill provided two l oopholes to his general rule to never give in when he says “ except to convictions of honor and good sense.” To extrapolate, consider …
But for everyone, surely, what we have gone through in this period - I am addressing myself to the School - surely from this period of ten months this is the lesson: never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never-in nothing, great or small, large or petty - never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never give in. Never give up! Never, never, never, never--in nothing, great or small, large or petty--never give in, except to convictions of honour and good sense. According to Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, the speech was not delivered near the end of Churchill's career (he died in 1965), but on October 29, 1941.