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.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIThe upward course of a nation’s history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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In 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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I believe that there is a great fear in our generation of being labeled as priggish.
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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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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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I should like to be a horse.
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Families, friends and communities often find a source of courage rising up from within. Indeed, sadly, it seems that it is tragedy that often draws out the most and the best from the human spirit.
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The British Constitution has always been puzzling and always will be.
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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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[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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[Before each of numerous portrait sittings:] Now then, with teeth or without?
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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 myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast.
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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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Good memories are our second chance at happiness.
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It has turned out to be an annus horribilis.
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