It has been women who have breathed gentleness and care into the hard progress of humankind.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIWe 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.
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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Therefore I am sure that this, my Coronation, is not the symbol of a power and a splendour that are gone but a declaration of our hopes for the future, and for the years I may, by God’s Grace and Mercy, be given to reign and serve you as your Queen.
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For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first.
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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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Family does not necessarily mean blood relatives but often a description of a community, organisation or nation.
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What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass.
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I hope people will think very carefully about the future.
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You need to learn to stand up for yourself and what you believe and sometimes, pardon my language, kick some ass.
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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.
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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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Cowards falter, but danger is often overcome by those who nobly dare.
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I should like to be a horse.
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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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It’s all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you’re properly trained.
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At Christmas, I am always struck by how the spirit of togetherness lies also at the heart of the Christmas story. A young mother and a dutiful father with their baby were joined by poor shepherds and visitors from afar. They came with their gifts to worship the Christ child.
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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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