The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses will be all the stronger for working together and sharing the load.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIIt is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime.
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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[To a woman whose cellphone rang during a formal meeting:] You’d better answer that. It could be someone important.
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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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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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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 is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime.
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Work is the rent you pay for the room you occupy on earth.
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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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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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For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first.
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True patriotism doesn’t exclude an understanding of the patriotism of others.
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We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the manner of yielding what is impossible to keep.
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Cowards falter, but danger is often overcome by those who nobly dare.
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1992 is not a year I shall look back on with undiluted pleasure. In the words of one of my more sympathetic correspondents, it hasturned 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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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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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.
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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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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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It has turned out to be an annus horribilis.
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I hope people will think very carefully about the future.
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I believe that there is a great fear in our generation of being labeled as priggish.
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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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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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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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[To the suggestion that Great Britain might someday want a Republic:] We’ll go quietly.
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