True patriotism doesn’t exclude an understanding of the patriotism of others.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II[On the 1982 intruder into her bedroom:] I realized immediately that it wasn’t a servant because they don’t slam doors.
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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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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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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Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and of family disagreements.
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[To the suggestion that Great Britain might someday want a Republic:] We’ll go quietly.
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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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[On the 1982 intruder into her bedroom:] I realized immediately that it wasn’t a servant because they don’t slam doors.
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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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The British Constitution has always been puzzling and always will be.
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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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[Before each of numerous portrait sittings:] Now then, with teeth or without?
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At Christmas, I am always struck by how the spirit of togetherness lies also at the heart of the Christmas story. A young mother and a dutiful father with their baby were joined by poor shepherds and visitors from afar. They came with their gifts to worship the Christ child.
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I have to be seen to be believed.
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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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It has turned out to be an annus horribilis.
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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?
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
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