True patriotism doesn’t exclude an understanding of the patriotism of others.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIThe world is not the most pleasant place. Eventually, your parents leave you and nobody is going to go out of their way to protect you unconditionally.
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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I have to be seen to be believed.
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Work is the rent you pay for the room you occupy on earth.
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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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[To the suggestion that Great Britain might someday want a Republic:] We’ll go quietly.
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I believe that there is a great fear in our generation of being labeled as priggish.
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What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass.
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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 hope people will think very carefully about the future.
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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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[On the 1982 intruder into her bedroom:] I realized immediately that it wasn’t a servant because they don’t slam doors.
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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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The world is not the most pleasant place. Eventually, your parents leave you and nobody is going to go out of their way to protect you unconditionally.
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[Before each of numerous portrait sittings:] Now then, with teeth or without?
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For me, heaven is likely to be a bit of a come-down.
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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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