Churchill is the perfect example of this because he was renowned throughout his career for lavishing verbosity on issues that simply didn't warrant it. This speech we're about to hear is after the Battle of Britain. It's genuinely a moment when the country is on the threshold of complete disaster and collapse. That gives rhetoric great power because you can say things of weight at that moment. They are all remarkable, but what gives them their real gravity is the fact that the peril is real.

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