For me, heaven is likely to be a bit of a come-down.
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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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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It has perhaps always been the case that the waging of peace is the hardest form of leadership of all.
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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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I believe that there is a great fear in our generation of being labeled as priggish.
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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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There are long periods when life seems a small, dull round, a petty business with no point, and then suddenly we are caught up in some great event which gives us a glimpse of the solid and durable foundations of our existence.
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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 have been aware all the time that my peoples, spread far and wide throughout every continent and ocean in the world, were united to support me in the task to which I have now been dedicated with such solemnity.
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Think what we would have missed if we had never … used a mobile phone or surfed the Net — or, to be honest, listened to other people talking about surfing the Net.
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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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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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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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Let us not take ourselves too seriously. None of us has a monopoly on wisdom.
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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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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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