[To the suggestion that Great Britain might someday want a Republic:] We’ll go quietly.
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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True patriotism doesn’t exclude an understanding of the patriotism of others.
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I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of leadership are universal and are often about finding ways of encouraging people to combine their efforts, their talents, their insights, their enthusiasm and their inspiration to work together.
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I have to be seen to be believed.
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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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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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[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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Grief is the price we pay for love.
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[On being criticized for her serious expression:] I simply ache from smiling. Why are women expected to beam all the time? It’s unfair. If a man looks solemn, it’s automatically assumed he’s a serious person, not a miserable one.
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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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Work is the rent you pay for the room you occupy on earth.
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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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Football’s a difficult business and aren’t they prima donnas. But it’s a wonderful game.
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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’s all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you’re properly trained.
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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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