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.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIThe British Constitution has always been puzzling and always will be.
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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1992 is not a year I shall look back on with undiluted pleasure. In the words of one of my more sympathetic correspondents, it hasturned out to be an Annus Horribilis.
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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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It’s all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you’re properly trained.
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The British Constitution has always been puzzling and always will be.
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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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The upward course of a nation’s history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women
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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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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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The Christmas message shows us that this love is for everyone. There is no one beyond its reach.
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To all those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past I extend my sincere thoughts and deep sympathy. With the benefit of historical hindsight we can all see things which we would wish had been done differently or not at all.
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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.
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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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In the turbulence of this anxious and active world many people are leading uneventful, lonely lives. To them dreariness, not disaster, is the enemy.
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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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