[To a woman whose cellphone rang during a formal meeting:] You’d better answer that. It could be someone important.
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.
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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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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It has turned out to be an annus horribilis.
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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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In the turbulence of this anxious and active world many people are leading uneventful, lonely lives. To them dreariness, not disaster, is the enemy.
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Madam President, speaking here in Dublin Castle it is impossible to ignore the weight of history, as it was yesterday when you and I laid wreaths at the Garden of Remembrance.
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[Before each of numerous portrait sittings:] Now then, with teeth or without?
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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 myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast.
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Let us not take ourselves too seriously. None of us has a monopoly on wisdom.
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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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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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It’s all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you’re properly trained.
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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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For me, heaven is likely to be a bit of a come-down.
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What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass.
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