I have to be seen to be believed.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIIn remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace we have built in Europe since 1945.
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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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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Let us not take ourselves too seriously. None of us has a monopoly on wisdom.
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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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[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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It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime.
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Cowards falter, but danger is often overcome by those who nobly dare.
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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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Grief is the price we pay for love.
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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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Families, friends and communities often find a source of courage rising up from within. Indeed, sadly, it seems that it is tragedy that often draws out the most and the best from the human spirit.
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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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[Before each of numerous portrait sittings:] Now then, with teeth or without?
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I hope people will think very carefully about the future.
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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 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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