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.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIGrief is the price we pay for love.
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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I can give my heart and my devotion to these old islands and to all the peoples of our brotherhood of nations.
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When life seems hard, the courageous do not lie down and accept defeat; instead, they are all the more determined to struggle for a better future.
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It has turned out to be an annus horribilis.
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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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True patriotism doesn’t exclude an understanding of the patriotism of others.
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I should like to be a horse.
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I believe that there is a great fear in our generation of being labeled as priggish.
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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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[To a woman whose cellphone rang during a formal meeting:] You’d better answer that. It could be someone important.
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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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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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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 me, heaven is likely to be a bit of a come-down.
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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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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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