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. …
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIThe British Constitution has always been puzzling and always will be.
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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True patriotism doesn’t exclude an understanding of the patriotism of others.
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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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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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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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It has been women who have breathed gentleness and care into the hard progress of humankind.
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Cowards falter, but danger is often overcome by those who nobly dare.
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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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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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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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We all need to get the balance right between action and reflection. With so many distractions, it is easy to forget to pause and take stock.
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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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They are not royal. They just happen to have me as their aunt.
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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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[To a woman whose cellphone rang during a formal meeting:] You’d better answer that. It could be someone important.
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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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