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.
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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I have to be seen to be believed.
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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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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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It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime.
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Let us not take ourselves too seriously. None of us has a monopoly on wisdom.
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[On the 1982 intruder into her bedroom:] I realized immediately that it wasn’t a servant because they don’t slam doors.
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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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The British Constitution has always been puzzling and always will be.
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I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of leadership are universal and are often about finding ways of encouraging people to combine their efforts, their talents, their insights, their enthusiasm and their inspiration to work together.
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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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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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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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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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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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It has been women who have breathed gentleness and care into the hard progress of humankind.
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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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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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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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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. …
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I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong.
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What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass.
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[Before each of numerous portrait sittings:] Now then, with teeth or without?
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Work is the rent you pay for the room you occupy on earth.
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The events that I have attended to mark my Diamond Jubilee have been a humbling experience. It has touched me deeply to see so many thousands of families, neighbors and friends celebrating together in such a happy atmosphere.
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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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Good memories are our second chance at happiness.
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