The upward course of a nation’s history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIThe Christmas message shows us that this love is for everyone. There is no one beyond its reach.
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This new power, which has proved itself to be such a terrifying weapon of destruction, is harnessed for the first time for the common good of our community.
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It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime.
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Families, friends and communities often find a source of courage rising up from within. Indeed, sadly, it seems that it is tragedy that often draws out the most and the best from the human spirit.
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The Christmas message shows us that this love is for everyone. There is no one beyond its reach.
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Family does not necessarily mean blood relatives but often a description of a community, organisation or nation.
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Think what we would have missed if we had never … used a mobile phone or surfed the Net — or, to be honest, listened to other people talking about surfing the Net.
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It has been women who have breathed gentleness and care into the hard progress of humankind.
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[To a woman whose cellphone rang during a formal meeting:] You’d better answer that. It could be someone important.
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Look, I know he has to appeal to the crazy right-wingers in his party, but the fact is, he’s not as forward-thinking as an eighty-seven-year-old lady who wears a crown on her head. It’s pathetic.
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In the turbulence of this anxious and active world many people are leading uneventful, lonely lives. To them dreariness, not disaster, is the enemy.
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I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast.
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[On the 1982 intruder into her bedroom:] I realized immediately that it wasn’t a servant because they don’t slam doors.
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We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the manner of yielding what is impossible to keep.
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Good memories are our second chance at happiness.
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I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something else.
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