I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something else.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIFor me, heaven is likely to be a bit of a come-down.
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater than he would ever claim.
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What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass.
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These wretched babies don’t come until they are ready.
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Let us not take ourselves too seriously. None of us has a monopoly on wisdom.
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[To the suggestion that Great Britain might someday want a Republic:] We’ll go quietly.
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It’s all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you’re properly trained.
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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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I hope that tomorrow we can all, wherever we are, join in expressing our grief at Diana’s loss, and gratitude for her all-too-short life. It is a chance to show to the whole world the British nation united in grief and respect.
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Football’s a difficult business and aren’t they prima donnas. But it’s a wonderful game.
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In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace we have built in Europe since 1945.
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[On being criticized for her serious expression:] I simply ache from smiling. Why are women expected to beam all the time? It’s unfair. If a man looks solemn, it’s automatically assumed he’s a serious person, not a miserable one.
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We all need to get the balance right between action and reflection. With so many distractions, it is easy to forget to pause and take stock.
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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
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Good memories are our second chance at happiness.
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I don’t like to badmouth people. But I’m the head of a monarchy that began in the ninth century, and I’m apparently more modern than Chris Christie.
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