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.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIThe British Constitution has always been puzzling and always will be.
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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I have to be seen to be believed.
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Work is the rent you pay for the room you occupy on earth.
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Families, friends and communities often find a source of courage rising up from within. Indeed, sadly, it seems that it is tragedy that often draws out the most and the best from the human spirit.
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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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It has turned out to be an annus horribilis.
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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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For Christians, as for all people of faith, reflection, meditation and prayer help us to renew ourselves in God’s love, as we strive daily to become better people.
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I believe that there is a great fear in our generation of being labeled as priggish.
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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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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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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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Let us not take ourselves too seriously. None of us has a monopoly on wisdom.
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I should like to be a horse.
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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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