I don’t like to badmouth people. But I’m the head of a monarchy that began in the ninth century, and I’m apparently more modern than Chris Christie.
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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[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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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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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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[To the suggestion that Great Britain might someday want a Republic:] We’ll go quietly.
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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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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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When life seems hard, the courageous do not lie down and accept defeat; instead, they are all the more determined to struggle for a better future.
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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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Cowards falter, but danger is often overcome by those who nobly dare.
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They are not royal. They just happen to have me as their aunt.
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[On being criticized for her serious expression:] I simply ache from smiling. Why are women expected to beam all the time? It’s unfair. If a man looks solemn, it’s automatically assumed he’s a serious person, not a miserable one.
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I have been aware all the time that my peoples, spread far and wide throughout every continent and ocean in the world, were united to support me in the task to which I have now been dedicated with such solemnity.
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True patriotism doesn’t exclude an understanding of the patriotism of others.
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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
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Work is the rent you pay for the room you occupy on earth.
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