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.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IITherefore 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.
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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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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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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[To the suggestion that Great Britain might someday want a Republic:] We’ll go quietly.
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The events that I have attended to mark my Diamond Jubilee have been a humbling experience. It has touched me deeply to see so many thousands of families, neighbors and friends celebrating together in such a happy atmosphere.
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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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[To a woman whose cellphone rang during a formal meeting:] You’d better answer that. It could be someone important.
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I should like to be a horse.
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It has been women who have breathed gentleness and care into the hard progress of humankind.
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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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Let us not take ourselves too seriously. None of us has a monopoly on wisdom.
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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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Work is the rent you pay for the room you occupy on earth.
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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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Football’s a difficult business and aren’t they prima donnas. But it’s a wonderful game.
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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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