I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great Imperial family to which we all belong.

Elizabeth II

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Topic

British empire

Speaker

Elizabeth II

Medium

Radio broadcast Speech

Statement Type

Promises and vows

Language

English

Time

1947 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Royalty

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Elizabeth II. Speech on her twenty-first birthday. 21 Apr. 1947, Cape Town, South Africa, Africa. Radio broadcast.

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It is a funny thing about life, if you refuse to accept anything but the best you very often get it: if you utterly decline to make do with what you can get, then somehow or other you are very likely to get what you want.

W. Somerset Maugham

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Topic
Getting what you want

Author

W. Somerset Maugham
Language
English
Time
1940 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Maugham, William Somerset. "The Treasure." The Mixture as Before. William Heinemann/Doubleday Doran, 1940.