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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.

Queen Elizabeth II

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Madam 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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Country Garden Here History Ignore Impossible Laid Madam People Person President Remembrance Speak Weight Wreath Yesterday
These wretched babies don’t come until they are ready.
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Baby Come Until Ready Wretch
It is as queen of Canada that I am here. Queen of Canada and all Canadians, not just one or two ancestral strains.
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All Ancestral Country Here Just One Queen Strain
For me, heaven is likely to be a bit of a come-down.
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Bit Come Down Heaven Likely
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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Coronation Declare Future Gone Hope Our Power Splendid Sure Symbol Year
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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Community Courage Great Happiness Measure Meet Steadfastness Whole
Work is the rent you pay for the room you occupy on earth.
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Earth Occupy Pay Rent Room Work
Family does not necessarily mean blood relatives but often a description of a community, organisation or nation.
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Blood Community Description Family Mean Nation Necessarily Not Often Organisation Relative
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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Clear Individual Leave Lesson Life Load Process Response Share Throw Together Work
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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Apparel Both Built Country Peace Precious Recognise Remember Side Since Suffer War Year
Think what we would have missed if we had never … used a mobile phone or surfed the Net — or, to be honest, listened to other people talking about surfing the Net.
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Honest Listen MIssed Mobile Net never Phone Surf Surfed Talk Think
It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime.
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Commonwealth Define Easy Enough Indeed Pastime Popular Quite
The British Constitution has always been puzzling and always will be.
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Always Be British Constitution Puxxle Will
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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Business Caught Dul Event Give Great No Period Point Round Seem Small Some Suddenly
The Christmas message shows us that this love is for everyone. There is no one beyond its reach.
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Beyond Christmas Everyone Love Message Raech Show
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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