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 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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[Before each of numerous portrait sittings:] Now then, with teeth or without?
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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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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 behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but the living strength and majesty of the Commonwealth and Empire; of societies old and new; of lands and races different in history and origins but all, by God’s Will, united in spirit and in aim.
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These wretched babies don’t come until they are ready.
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The Christmas message shows us that this love is for everyone. There is no one beyond its reach.
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I have to be seen to be believed.
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Let us not take ourselves too seriously. None of us has a monopoly on wisdom.
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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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It has been women who have breathed gentleness and care into the hard progress of humankind.
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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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Work is the rent you pay for the room you occupy on earth.
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To all those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past I extend my sincere thoughts and deep sympathy. With the benefit of historical hindsight we can all see things which we would wish had been done differently or not at all.
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They are not royal. They just happen to have me as their aunt.
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I hope that tomorrow we can all, wherever we are, join in expressing our grief at Diana’s loss, and gratitude for her all-too-short life. It is a chance to show to the whole world the British nation united in grief and respect.
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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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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 a woman whose cellphone rang during a formal meeting:] You’d better answer that. It could be someone important.
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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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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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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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To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in this treasure house, the Bible?
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Look, 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.
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You need to learn to stand up for yourself and what you believe and sometimes, pardon my language, kick some ass.
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[To the suggestion that Great Britain might someday want a Republic:] We’ll go quietly.
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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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