For me, heaven is likely to be a bit of a come-down.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIFor me, heaven is likely to be a bit of a come-down.
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast.
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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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These wretched babies don’t come until they are ready.
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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 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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The British Constitution has always been puzzling and always will be.
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Work is the rent you pay for the room you occupy on earth.
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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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True patriotism doesn’t exclude an understanding of the patriotism of others.
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We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the manner of yielding what is impossible to keep.
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It has been women who have breathed gentleness and care into the hard progress of humankind.
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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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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.
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Good memories are our second chance at happiness.
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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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