I have been aware all the time that my peoples, spread far and wide throughout every continent and ocean in the world, were united to support me in the task to which I have now been dedicated with such solemnity.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II[To a woman whose cellphone rang during a formal meeting:] You’d better answer that. It could be someone important.
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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These wretched babies don’t come until they are ready.
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I can give my heart and my devotion to these old islands and to all the peoples of our brotherhood of nations.
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To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in this treasure house, the Bible?
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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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It has been women who have breathed gentleness and care into the hard progress of humankind.
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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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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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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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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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[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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Work is the rent you pay for the room you occupy on earth.
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I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast.
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We have all felt those emotions in these last few days. So what I say to you now, as your queen and as a grandmother, I say from my heart.
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It has perhaps always been the case that the waging of peace is the hardest form of leadership of all.
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I hope people will think very carefully about the future.
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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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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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I have to be seen to be believed.
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I believe that there is a great fear in our generation of being labeled as priggish.
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Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and of family disagreements.
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There are long periods when life seems a small, dull round, a petty business with no point, and then suddenly we are caught up in some great event which gives us a glimpse of the solid and durable foundations of our existence.
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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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What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass.
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They are not royal. They just happen to have me as their aunt.
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It is as queen of Canada that I am here. Queen of Canada and all Canadians, not just one or two ancestral strains.
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True patriotism doesn’t exclude an understanding of the patriotism of others.
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