True patriotism doesn’t exclude an understanding of the patriotism of others.
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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[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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I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast.
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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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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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You need to learn to stand up for yourself and what you believe and sometimes, pardon my language, kick some ass.
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I believe that there is a great fear in our generation of being labeled as priggish.
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What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass.
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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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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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Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and of family disagreements.
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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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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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The British Constitution has always been puzzling and always will be.
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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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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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