Must! Is must a word to be addressed to princes? Little man, little man! thy father, if he had been alive, durst not have used that word. – Elizabeth I
Though God hath raised me high, yet this I count the glory of my crown: that I have reigned with your loves. And though you have had, and may have, many mightier and wiser princes sitting in this seat; yet you never had, nor shall have any that will love you better. – Elizabeth I
I am your anointed Queen. I will never be by violence constrained to do anything. I thank God I am endued with such qualities that if I were turned out of the Realm in my petticoat I were able to live in any place in Christendom. – Elizabeth I
My mortal foe can no ways wish me a greater harm than Englands hate neither should death be less welcome unto me than such a mishap betide me. – Elizabeth I
I do not so much rejoice that God hath made me to be a Queen, as to be a Queen over so thankful a people. – Elizabeth I
A strength to harm is perilous in the hand of an ambitious head. – Elizabeth I
There is one thing higher than Royalty: and that is religion, which causes us to leave the world, and seek God. – Elizabeth I
I do not want a husband who honours me as a queen, if he does not love me as a woman. – Elizabeth I
Where might is mixed with wit, there is too good an accord in a government. – Elizabeth I
Fear not, we are of the nature of the lion, and cannot descend to the destruction of mice and such small beasts. – Elizabeth I
Do not tell secrets to those whose faith and silence you have not already tested. – Elizabeth I
Monarchs ought to put to death the authors and instigators of war, as their sworn enemies and as dangers to their states. – Elizabeth I
I would rather be a beggar and single than a queen and married. – Elizabeth I
