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

— Elizabeth II

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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