[On the 1982 intruder into her bedroom:] I realized immediately that it wasn’t a servant because they don’t slam doors.
QUEEN ELIZABETH III 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.
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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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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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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Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and of family disagreements.
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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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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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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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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 hope people will think very carefully about the future.
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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 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 cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something else.
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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 been women who have breathed gentleness and care into the hard progress of humankind.
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[To the suggestion that Great Britain might someday want a Republic:] We’ll go quietly.
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