[To the suggestion that Great Britain might someday want a Republic:] We’ll go quietly.
QUEEN ELIZABETH IIThey 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. …
More Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
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Let us not take ourselves too seriously. None of us has a monopoly on wisdom.
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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 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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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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Family does not necessarily mean blood relatives but often a description of a community, organisation or nation.
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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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I should like to be a horse.
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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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What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass.
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The British Constitution has always been puzzling and always will be.
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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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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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[Before each of numerous portrait sittings:] Now then, with teeth or without?
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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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