Madam President, speaking here in Dublin Castle it is impossible to ignore the weight of history, as it was yesterday when you and I laid wreaths at the Garden of Remembrance.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIThe Christmas message shows us that this love is for everyone. There is no one beyond its reach.
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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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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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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Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and of family disagreements.
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I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast.
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It has turned out to be an annus horribilis.
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[To the suggestion that Great Britain might someday want a Republic:] We’ll go quietly.
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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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[On being criticized for her serious expression:] I simply ache from smiling. Why are women expected to beam all the time? It’s unfair. If a man looks solemn, it’s automatically assumed he’s a serious person, not a miserable one.
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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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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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Football’s a difficult business and aren’t they prima donnas. But it’s a wonderful game.
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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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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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Family does not necessarily mean blood relatives but often a description of a community, organisation or nation.
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