The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses will be all the stronger for working together and sharing the load.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIAt Christmas, I am always struck by how the spirit of togetherness lies also at the heart of the Christmas story. A young mother and a dutiful father with their baby were joined by poor shepherds and visitors from afar. They came with their gifts to worship the Christ child.
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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Grief is the price we pay for love.
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I believe that there is a great fear in our generation of being labeled as priggish.
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True patriotism doesn’t exclude an understanding of the patriotism of others.
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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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The Christmas message shows us that this love is for everyone. There is no one beyond its reach.
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It has been women who have breathed gentleness and care into the hard progress of humankind.
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Let us not take ourselves too seriously. None of us has a monopoly on wisdom.
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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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I hope people will think very carefully about the future.
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There are long periods when life seems a small, dull round, a petty business with no point, and then suddenly we are caught up in some great event which gives us a glimpse of the solid and durable foundations of our existence.
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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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For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first.
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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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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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[Before each of numerous portrait sittings:] Now then, with teeth or without?
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