“The true measure of all our actions is how long the good in them lasts…everything we do, we do for the young.”

—  Isabel II do Reino Unido

Speech during the commemorations of D-Day, 06/06/2014. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-two/10883074/D-Day-anniversary-Queen-stirred-by-commemorations.html

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