To an archbishop after the service of celebration for Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee:

I have no objection whatsoever to the notion of the Eternal Father, but every objection to the concept of an eternal mother.


As quoted in: People on People: The Oxford Dictionary of Biographical Quotations (Oxford University Press, 2001) by Susan Ratcliffe, p. 350

Edward VII Quotes

I have no objection whatsoever to the notion of the Eternal Father, but every objection to the concept of an eternal mother.

I have no objection whatsoever to the notion of the Eternal Father, but every objection to the concept of an eternal mother.

I have no objection whatsoever to the notion of the Eternal Father, but every objection to the concept of an eternal mother.

I have no objection whatsoever to the notion of the Eternal Father, but every objection to the concept of an eternal mother.