What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass.
QUEEN ELIZABETH III cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something else.
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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It has turned out to be an annus horribilis.
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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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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 is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime.
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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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For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first.
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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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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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The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses will be all the stronger for working together and sharing the load.
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[Before each of numerous portrait sittings:] Now then, with teeth or without?
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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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[To the suggestion that Great Britain might someday want a Republic:] We’ll go quietly.
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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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I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast.
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I hope people will think very carefully about the future.
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