What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IITo all those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past I extend my sincere thoughts and deep sympathy. With the benefit of historical hindsight we can all see things which we would wish had been done differently or not at all.
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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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 hope people will think very carefully about the future.
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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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For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first.
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Let us not take ourselves too seriously. None of us has a monopoly on wisdom.
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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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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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[To the suggestion that Great Britain might someday want a Republic:] We’ll go quietly.
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[Before each of numerous portrait sittings:] Now then, with teeth or without?
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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 British Constitution has always been puzzling and always will be.
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It has been women who have breathed gentleness and care into the hard progress of humankind.
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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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Families, friends and communities often find a source of courage rising up from within. Indeed, sadly, it seems that it is tragedy that often draws out the most and the best from the human spirit.
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At Christmas, I am always struck by how the spirit of togetherness lies also at the heart of the Christmas story. A young mother and a dutiful father with their baby were joined by poor shepherds and visitors from afar. They came with their gifts to worship the Christ child.
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