[To the suggestion that Great Britain might someday want a Republic:] We’ll go quietly.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IILook, I know he has to appeal to the crazy right-wingers in his party, but the fact is, he’s not as forward-thinking as an eighty-seven-year-old lady who wears a crown on her head. It’s pathetic.
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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Cowards falter, but danger is often overcome by those who nobly dare.
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I have to be seen to be believed.
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Work is the rent you pay for the room you occupy on earth.
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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 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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Family does not necessarily mean blood relatives but often a description of a community, organisation or nation.
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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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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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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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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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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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These wretched babies don’t come until they are ready.
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This new power, which has proved itself to be such a terrifying weapon of destruction, is harnessed for the first time for the common good of our community.
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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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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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