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Famous Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
“Grief is the price we pay for love. (From Queen's message to New York following 9/11)”
“What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass.”
“For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first.”
“True patriotism doesn't exclude an understanding of the patriotism of others.”
“[To the suggestion that Great Britain might someday want a Republic:] We'll go quietly.”
“[Before each of numerous portrait sittings:] Now then, with teeth or without?”
“I believe that there is a great fear in our generation of being labeled as priggish.”
“Work is the rent you pay for the room you occupy on earth.”
“Football's a difficult business and aren't they prima donnas. But it's a wonderful game.”
“Let us not take ourselves too seriously. None of us has a monopoly on wisdom.”
“It has been women who have breathed gentleness and care into the hard progress of humankind.”
“Cowards falter, but danger is often overcome by those who nobly dare.”
“It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained.”