For me, heaven is likely to be a bit of a come-down.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIWe lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the manner of yielding what is impossible to keep.
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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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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I believe that there is a great fear in our generation of being labeled as priggish.
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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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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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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 have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but the living strength and majesty of the Commonwealth and Empire; of societies old and new; of lands and races different in history and origins but all, by God’s Will, united in spirit and in aim.
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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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[To a woman whose cellphone rang during a formal meeting:] You’d better answer that. It could be someone important.
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[Before each of numerous portrait sittings:] Now then, with teeth or without?
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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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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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These wretched babies don’t come until they are ready.
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[To the suggestion that Great Britain might someday want a Republic:] We’ll go quietly.
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I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of leadership are universal and are often about finding ways of encouraging people to combine their efforts, their talents, their insights, their enthusiasm and their inspiration to work together.
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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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