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 events that I have attended to mark my Diamond Jubilee have been a humbling experience. It has touched me deeply to see so many thousands of families, neighbors and friends celebrating together in such a happy atmosphere.
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The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses will be all the stronger for working together and sharing the load.
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It has been women who have breathed gentleness and care into the hard progress of humankind.
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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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1992 is not a year I shall look back on with undiluted pleasure. In the words of one of my more sympathetic correspondents, it hasturned out to be an Annus Horribilis.
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They seldom realize that on their steadfastness, on their ability to withstand the fatigue of dull repetitive work, and on their courage in meeting constant small adversities depend in great measure the happiness and prosperity of the community as a whole. …
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True patriotism doesn’t exclude an understanding of the patriotism of others.
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[Before each of numerous portrait sittings:] Now then, with teeth or without?
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Cowards falter, but danger is often overcome by those who nobly dare.
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For Christians, as for all people of faith, reflection, meditation and prayer help us to renew ourselves in God’s love, as we strive daily to become better people.
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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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It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime.
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To all those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past I extend my sincere thoughts and deep sympathy. With the benefit of historical hindsight we can all see things which we would wish had been done differently or not at all.
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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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Football’s a difficult business and aren’t they prima donnas. But it’s a wonderful game.
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I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast.
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