In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace we have built in Europe since 1945.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIFor 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.
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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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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[To a woman whose cellphone rang during a formal meeting:] You’d better answer that. It could be someone important.
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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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These wretched babies don’t come until they are ready.
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It has turned out to be an annus horribilis.
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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.
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I have been aware all the time that my peoples, spread far and wide throughout every continent and ocean in the world, were united to support me in the task to which I have now been dedicated with such solemnity.
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I believe that there is a great fear in our generation of being labeled as priggish.
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I have to be seen to be believed.
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The British Constitution has always been puzzling and always will be.
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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 is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime.
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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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You need to learn to stand up for yourself and what you believe and sometimes, pardon my language, kick some ass.
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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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