[To the suggestion that Great Britain might someday want a Republic:] We'll go quietly.

To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in this treasure house, the Bible?

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.

It has been women who have breathed gentleness and care into the hard progress of humankind.

It is as queen of Canada that I am here. Queen of Canada and all Canadians, not just one or two ancestral strains.

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.

True patriotism doesn't exclude an understanding of the patriotism of others.