By your concord in the camp, and your valour in the field, we shall shortly have a famous victory over those enemies of my God, of my kingdom, and of my people.
Elizabeth I
victory enemies people
Monarchs ought to put to death the authors and instigators of war, as their sworn enemies and as dangers to their states.
danger enemies death war
Where might is mixed with wit, there is too good an accord in a government.
government
Fear not, we are of the nature of the lion, and cannot descend to the destruction of mice and such small beasts.
nature
The end crowneth the work.
work theend
My mortal foe can no ways wish me a greater harm than England's hate; neither should death be less welcome unto me than such a mishap betide me.
death
There is nothing about which I am more anxious than my country, and for its sake I am willing to die ten deaths, if that be possible.
I have the heart of a man, not a woman, and I am not afraid of anything.
man
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.
One man with a head on his shoulders is worth a dozen without.
worth man
Must is not a word to be used to princes! Little man, little man, if your late father were here he would never dare utter such a word.
I do not want a husband who honours me as a queen, if he does not love me as a woman.
I grieve and dare not show my discontent, I love and yet am forced to seem to hate, I do, yet dare not say I ever meant, I seem stark mute but inwardly do prate.
There is one thing higher than Royalty: and that is religion, which causes us to leave the world, and seek God.
religion
Do not tell secrets to those whose faith and silence you have not already tested.
silence faith
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