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.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIThey are not royal. They just happen to have me as their aunt.
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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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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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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The events that I have attended to mark my Diamond Jubilee have been a humbling experience. It has touched me deeply to see so many thousands of families, neighbors and friends celebrating together in such a happy atmosphere.
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I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast.
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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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These wretched babies don’t come until they are ready.
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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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[Before each of numerous portrait sittings:] Now then, with teeth or without?
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I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong.
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Family does not necessarily mean blood relatives but often a description of a community, organisation or nation.
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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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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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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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It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime.
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It has been women who have breathed gentleness and care into the hard progress of humankind.
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