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.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II[To the suggestion that Great Britain might someday want a Republic:] We’ll go quietly.
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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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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The British Constitution has always been puzzling and always will be.
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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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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 should like to be a horse.
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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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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 is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime.
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Work is the rent you pay for the room you occupy on earth.
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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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Good memories are our second chance at happiness.
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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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I hope people will think very carefully about the future.
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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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These wretched babies don’t come until they are ready.
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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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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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[To the suggestion that Great Britain might someday want a Republic:] We’ll go quietly.
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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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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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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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The Christmas message shows us that this love is for everyone. There is no one beyond its reach.
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It has turned out to be an annus horribilis.
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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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For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first.
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I believe that there is a great fear in our generation of being labeled as priggish.
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