The upward course of a nation’s history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women
QUEEN ELIZABETH III believe that there is a great fear in our generation of being labeled as priggish.
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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They are not royal. They just happen to have me as their aunt.
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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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We have all felt those emotions in these last few days. So what I say to you now, as your queen and as a grandmother, I say from my heart.
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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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Work is the rent you pay for the room you occupy on earth.
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Good memories are our second chance at happiness.
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I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast.
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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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[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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It is as queen of Canada that I am here. Queen of Canada and all Canadians, not just one or two ancestral strains.
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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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I have to be seen to be believed.
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I hope people will think very carefully about the future.
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It has been women who have breathed gentleness and care into the hard progress of humankind.
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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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