I have to be seen to be believed.
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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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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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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These wretched babies don’t come until they are ready.
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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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It has turned out to be an annus horribilis.
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1992 is not a year I shall look back on with undiluted pleasure. In the words of one of my more sympathetic correspondents, it hasturned out to be an Annus Horribilis.
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Work is the rent you pay for the room you occupy on earth.
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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 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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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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Family does not necessarily mean blood relatives but often a description of a community, organisation or nation.
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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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To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in this treasure house, the Bible?
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The British Constitution has always been puzzling and always will be.
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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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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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I should like to be a horse.
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[To the suggestion that Great Britain might someday want a Republic:] We’ll go quietly.
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I hope that tomorrow we can all, wherever we are, join in expressing our grief at Diana’s loss, and gratitude for her all-too-short life. It is a chance to show to the whole world the British nation united in grief and respect.
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In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace we have built in Europe since 1945.
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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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It’s all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you’re properly trained.
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Good memories are our second chance at happiness.
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My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater than he would ever claim.
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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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