Elizabeth II Quotes

But nothing that can be said can begin to take away the anguish and the pain of these moments. Grief is the price we pay for love.

Translation: Madam President and friends.

Our religions provide critical guidance for the way we live our lives, and for the way in which we treat each other.

On behalf of the British people I salute the skill and courage which have brought man to the moon. May this endeavour increase the knowledge and well-being of mankind.

We are a moderate, pragmatic people, more comfortable with practice than theory.

Football's a difficult business and aren't they prima donnas?

Today it may seem hard that we cannot mark this special anniversary as we would wish. Instead we remember from our homes and our doorsteps. But our streets are not empty; they are filled with the love and the care that we have for each other. And when I look at our country today, and see what we are willing to do to protect and support one another, I say with pride that we are still a nation those brave soldiers, sailors and airmen would recognise and admire.

Remarkably, a year that has necessarily kept people apart has, in many ways, brought us closer. Across the Commonwealth, my family and I have been inspired by stories of people volunteering in their communities, helping those in need. In the United Kingdom and around the world, people have risen magnificently to the challenges of the year, and I am so proud and moved by this quiet, indomitable spirit. To our young people in particular I say thank you for the part you have played. This year, we celebrated International Nurses’ Day, on the 200th anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale. As with other nursing pioneers like Mary Seacole, Florence Nightingale shone a lamp of hope across the world. Today, our front-line services still shine that lamp for us — supported by the amazing achievements of modern science — and we owe them a debt of gratitude. We continue to be inspired by the kindness of strangers and draw comfort that — even on the darkest nights — there is hope in the new dawn.

Our peace and prosperity can never be taken for granted and must constantly be tended, so that never again do we have cause to build monuments to our fallen youth.

1992 is not a year on which I shall look back with undiluted pleasure. In the words of one of my more sympathetic correspondents, it has turned out to be an <nowiki>'</nowiki>Annus Horribilis<nowiki>'</nowiki>.

It has always been easy to hate and destroy. To build and to cherish is much more difficult.

The concept of our established Church is occasionally misunderstood and, I believe, commonly under-appreciated. Its role is not to defend Anglicanism to the exclusion of other religions. Instead, the Church has a duty to protect the free practice of all faiths in this country.

Since I have landed in Quebec, I think we can say that I am Canadian.

The right to change the government by the ballot box and not the barrel of a gun; perhaps the best definition of a democracy.

In tomorrow's world we must all work together as hard as ever, if we're truly to be United Nations