In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace we have built in Europe since 1945.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIMadam President, speaking here in Dublin Castle it is impossible to ignore the weight of history, as it was yesterday when you and I laid wreaths at the Garden of Remembrance.
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I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong.
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For me, heaven is likely to be a bit of a come-down.
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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 has turned out to be an annus horribilis.
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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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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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It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime.
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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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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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For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first.
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Work is the rent you pay for the room you occupy on earth.
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It has been women who have breathed gentleness and care into the hard progress of humankind.
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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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I believe that there is a great fear in our generation of being labeled as priggish.
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