The world is not the most pleasant place. Eventually, your parents leave you and nobody is going to go out of their way to protect you unconditionally.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIFor many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first.
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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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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True patriotism doesn’t exclude an understanding of the patriotism of others.
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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.
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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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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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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 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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It has perhaps always been the case that the waging of peace is the hardest form of leadership of all.
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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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I believe that there is a great fear in our generation of being labeled as priggish.
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Grief is the price we pay for love.
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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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These wretched babies don’t come until they are ready.
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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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