True patriotism doesn’t exclude an understanding of the patriotism of others.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIIn the turbulence of this anxious and active world many people are leading uneventful, lonely lives. To them dreariness, not disaster, is the enemy.
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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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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[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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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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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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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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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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[To the suggestion that Great Britain might someday want a Republic:] We’ll go quietly.
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It has turned out to be an annus horribilis.
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What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass.
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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.
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This new power, which has proved itself to be such a terrifying weapon of destruction, is harnessed for the first time for the common good of our community.
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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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Good memories are our second chance at happiness.
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It has been women who have breathed gentleness and care into the hard progress of humankind.
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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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