For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIIn 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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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’s all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you’re properly trained.
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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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Therefore I am sure that this, my Coronation, is not the symbol of a power and a splendour that are gone but a declaration of our hopes for the future, and for the years I may, by God’s Grace and Mercy, be given to reign and serve you as your Queen.
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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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It has perhaps always been the case that the waging of peace is the hardest form of leadership of all.
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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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True patriotism doesn’t exclude an understanding of the patriotism of others.
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Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and of family disagreements.
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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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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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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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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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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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