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.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIIt has been women who have breathed gentleness and care into the hard progress of humankind.
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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 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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It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime.
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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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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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[Before each of numerous portrait sittings:] Now then, with teeth or without?
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I believe that there is a great fear in our generation of being labeled as priggish.
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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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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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The events that I have attended to mark my Diamond Jubilee have been a humbling experience. It has touched me deeply to see so many thousands of families, neighbors and friends celebrating together in such a happy atmosphere.
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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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What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass.
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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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Work is the rent you pay for the room you occupy on earth.
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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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