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Quote #4
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 […] That is our policy. (23-25)
This was definitely not the policy under Neville Chamberlain and his predecessors. Chamberlain did declare war on Germany, but was stood by when the Nazis started invading other countries. Huge change in policy here.
Quote #5
[…] without victory, there is no survival. Let that be realized; no survival for the British Empire, no survival for all that the British Empire has stood for, no survival for the urge and impulse of the ages, that mankind will move forward towards its goal. (27-28)
Churchill lays out the catastrophic consequences of a German victory. He's kind of saying, "hey, you might be freaked out by the sudden changes in government now, but think about what'll happen if a fascist dictator takes over the world. Now that's the change you should be worried about."