[To the suggestion that Great Britain might someday want a Republic:] We’ll go quietly.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IILet us not take ourselves too seriously. None of us has a monopoly on wisdom.
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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There are long periods when life seems a small, dull round, a petty business with no point, and then suddenly we are caught up in some great event which gives us a glimpse of the solid and durable foundations of our existence.
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I should like to be a horse.
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In the turbulence of this anxious and active world many people are leading uneventful, lonely lives. To them dreariness, not disaster, is the enemy.
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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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It has been women who have breathed gentleness and care into the hard progress of humankind.
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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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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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Let us not take ourselves too seriously. None of us has a monopoly on wisdom.
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[Before each of numerous portrait sittings:] Now then, with teeth or without?
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The Christmas message shows us that this love is for everyone. There is no one beyond its reach.
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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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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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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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It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime.
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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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