We have before us an ordeal of the most grievous kind. We have before us many, many long months of struggle and of suffering. You ask, what is our policy? I will say: It is to wage war, by sea, land, and air, with all our might and with all the strength that God can give us; to wage war against a monstrous tyranny never surpassed in the dark, lamentable catalogue of human crime. That is our policy. You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word: It is victory, victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory, however long and hard the road may be. #

Er hægt að skilgreina það sem menningarlegt ólæsi ef fólk þekkir ekki augljósar tilvísanir í þessi orð Winston Churchill? Ég á ekki von á að krakkar þekki þetta, en fullorðið fólk ætti að skilja vísunina þó búið sé að umorða verulega. Ég meina, þetta er frekar frægur texti.