[To the suggestion that Great Britain might someday want a Republic:] We’ll go quietly.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIThe British Constitution has always been puzzling and always will be.
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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It has been women who have breathed gentleness and care into the hard progress of humankind.
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I don’t like to badmouth people. But I’m the head of a monarchy that began in the ninth century, and I’m apparently more modern than Chris Christie.
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I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something else.
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What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass.
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At Christmas, I am always struck by how the spirit of togetherness lies also at the heart of the Christmas story. A young mother and a dutiful father with their baby were joined by poor shepherds and visitors from afar. They came with their gifts to worship the Christ child.
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To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in this treasure house, the Bible?
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I have to be seen to be believed.
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The world is not the most pleasant place. Eventually, your parents leave you and nobody is going to go out of their way to protect you unconditionally.
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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 should like to be a horse.
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[On being criticized for her serious expression:] I simply ache from smiling. Why are women expected to beam all the time? It’s unfair. If a man looks solemn, it’s automatically assumed he’s a serious person, not a miserable one.
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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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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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Family does not necessarily mean blood relatives but often a description of a community, organisation or nation.
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Look, I know he has to appeal to the crazy right-wingers in his party, but the fact is, he’s not as forward-thinking as an eighty-seven-year-old lady who wears a crown on her head. It’s pathetic.
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