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.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIGrief is the price we pay for love.
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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True patriotism doesn’t exclude an understanding of the patriotism of others.
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What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass.
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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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Good memories are our second chance at happiness.
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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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I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast.
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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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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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I believe that there is a great fear in our generation of being labeled as priggish.
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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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It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime.
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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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Let us not take ourselves too seriously. None of us has a monopoly on wisdom.
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I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but the living strength and majesty of the Commonwealth and Empire; of societies old and new; of lands and races different in history and origins but all, by God’s Will, united in spirit and in aim.
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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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