What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass.
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 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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The British Constitution has always been puzzling and always will be.
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[To the suggestion that Great Britain might someday want a Republic:] We’ll go quietly.
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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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It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime.
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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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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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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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For Christians, as for all people of faith, reflection, meditation and prayer help us to renew ourselves in God’s love, as we strive daily to become better people.
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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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It has turned out to be an annus horribilis.
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It has been women who have breathed gentleness and care into the hard progress of humankind.
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True patriotism doesn’t exclude an understanding of the patriotism of others.
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I should like to be a horse.
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