George VI Professions : Former King of the United Kingdom Born : December 14, 1895 Died : February 6, 1952 Browse All Authors Top 4 quotes by George VI It is not the walls that make the city, but the people who live within them. The walls of London may be battered, but the spirit of the Londoner stands resolute and undismayed. George VI wall cities people Like so many of our people, we have now had a personal experience of German barbarity which only strengthens the resolution of all of us to fight through to final victory. George VI fighting war people There is great weight in the modern times of being monarch, the scrutiny and access is much more than in times gone by. George VI modern weight gone The British Empire has advanced to a new conception of autonomyand freedom, to the idea of a system of British nations, each freely ordering its own individual life, but bound together in unity byallegiance to one Crown, and co-operating in all that concerns the common weal. George VI unity together ideas Similar Authors Edward VII former-king-of-the-united-kingdom All Authors