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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.

Queen Elizabeth II

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I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something else.
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Grief is the price we pay for love.
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For Christians, as for all people of faith, reflection, meditation and prayer help us to renew ourselves in God’s love, as we strive daily to become better people.
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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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[On being criticized for her serious expression:] I simply ache from smiling. Why are women expected to beam all the time? It’s unfair. If a man looks solemn, it’s automatically assumed he’s a serious person, not a miserable one.
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True patriotism doesn’t exclude an understanding of the patriotism of others.
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It has been women who have breathed gentleness and care into the hard progress of humankind.
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I don’t like to badmouth people. But I’m the head of a monarchy that began in the ninth century, and I’m apparently more modern than Chris Christie.
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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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[To the suggestion that Great Britain might someday want a Republic:] We’ll go quietly.
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It has turned out to be an annus horribilis.
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I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of leadership are universal and are often about finding ways of encouraging people to combine their efforts, their talents, their insights, their enthusiasm and their inspiration to work together.
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They are not royal. They just happen to have me as their aunt.
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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 all need to get the balance right between action and reflection. With so many distractions, it is easy to forget to pause and take stock.
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Cowards falter, but danger is often overcome by those who nobly dare.
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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.
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I have to be seen to be believed.
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For me, heaven is likely to be a bit of a come-down.
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I believe that there is a great fear in our generation of being labeled as priggish.
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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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What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass.
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The British Constitution has always been puzzling and always will be.
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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 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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They seldom realize that on their steadfastness, on their ability to withstand the fatigue of dull repetitive work, and on their courage in meeting constant small adversities depend in great measure the happiness and prosperity of the community as a whole. …
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