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.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIMy husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater than he would ever claim.
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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[To the suggestion that Great Britain might someday want a Republic:] We’ll go quietly.
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True patriotism doesn’t exclude an understanding of the patriotism of others.
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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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[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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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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The upward course of a nation’s history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women.
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I have to be seen to be believed.
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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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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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It’s all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you’re properly trained.
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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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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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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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It has perhaps always been the case that the waging of peace is the hardest form of leadership of all.
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These wretched babies don’t come until they are ready.
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