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.
QUEEN ELIZABETH III 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.
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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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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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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[To the suggestion that Great Britain might someday want a Republic:] We’ll go quietly.
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It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime.
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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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I believe that there is a great fear in our generation of being labeled as priggish.
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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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It has turned out to be an annus horribilis.
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For me, heaven is likely to be a bit of a come-down.
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For Christians, as for all people of faith, reflection, meditation and prayer help us to renew ourselves in God’s love, as we strive daily to become better people.
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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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[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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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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