Memorial State

Famous quotes containing the words memorial and/or state:

“When I received this [coronation] ring I solemnly bound myself in marriage to the realm; and it will be quite sufficient for the memorial of my name and for my glory, if, when I die, an inscription be engraved on a marble tomb, saying, “Here lieth Elizabeth, which reigned a virgin, and died a virgin.””
—Elizabeth I (1533–1603)

“The State is to make what is useful. The individual is to make what is beautiful.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)