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.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIWe 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.
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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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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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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I have to be seen to be believed.
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When life seems hard, the courageous do not lie down and accept defeat; instead, they are all the more determined to struggle for a better future.
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What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass.
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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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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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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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It has been women who have breathed gentleness and care into the hard progress of humankind.
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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 are not royal. They just happen to have me as their aunt.
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[Before each of numerous portrait sittings:] Now then, with teeth or without?
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Cowards falter, but danger is often overcome by those who nobly dare.
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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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