It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIThe lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses will be all the stronger for working together and sharing the load.
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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It has been women who have breathed gentleness and care into the hard progress of humankind.
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It has perhaps always been the case that the waging of peace is the hardest form of leadership of all.
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I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of leadership are universal and are often about finding ways of encouraging people to combine their efforts, their talents, their insights, their enthusiasm and their inspiration to work together.
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I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong.
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I believe that there is a great fear in our generation of being labeled as priggish.
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Think what we would have missed if we had never … used a mobile phone or surfed the Net — or, to be honest, listened to other people talking about surfing the Net.
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This new power, which has proved itself to be such a terrifying weapon of destruction, is harnessed for the first time for the common good of our community.
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For 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.
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For me, heaven is likely to be a bit of a come-down.
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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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[Before each of numerous portrait sittings:] Now then, with teeth or without?
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What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass.
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To 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.
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It has turned out to be an annus horribilis.
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These wretched babies don’t come until they are ready.
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