It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIThis 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.
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 hope people will think very carefully about the future.
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Families, friends and communities often find a source of courage rising up from within. Indeed, sadly, it seems that it is tragedy that often draws out the most and the best from the human spirit.
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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.
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I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast.
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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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For me, heaven is likely to be a bit of a come-down.
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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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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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Work is the rent you pay for the room you occupy on earth.
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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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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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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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