Elizabeth I
Elizabeth I
Elizabeth Iwas Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana or Good Queen Bess, the childless Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of the Tudor dynasty...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionRoyalty
Date of Birth7 September 1533
CityGreenwich, England
learning men years
I cannot find it in me to fear a man who took ten years a learning of his alphabet.
heart lions may
I may not be a lion,but I am lions cub and I have lion's heart
government might wit
Where might is mixed with wit, there is too good an accord in a government.
jest trade
It is good to jest, but not to make a trade of jesting.
father men alive
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.
forget gods-will benefactors
He that will forget God, will also forget his benefactors.
cheer want bullets
Be of good cheer, for you will never want, for the bullet was meant for me, though it hit you.
believe doctrine answers
Answer on being asked her opinion of Christ's presence in the Sacrament. 'Twas God the word that spake it, He took the Bread and brake it; And what the word did make it That I believe, and take it.
fear world sovereign
As for me, I see no such great cause why I should either be fond to live or fear to die. I have had good experience of this world, and I know what it is to be a subject and what to be a sovereign. Good neighbours I have had, and I have met with bad: and in trust I have found treason.
forgiving god-forgives queen-of-england
God forgive you, but I never can.
freedom sea rights
The sea, as well as the air, is a free and common thing to all; and a particular nation cannot pretend to have the right to the exclusion of all others, without violating the rights of nature and public usage.
causes world royalty
There is one thing higher than Royalty: and that is religion, which causes us to leave the world, and seek God.
kings heart thinking
My loving people, we have been persuaded by some that are careful of our safety, to take heed how we commit ourself to armed multitudes for fear of treachery; but I assure you, I do not desire to live to distrust my faithful and loving people....I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a King of England too, and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain, or any Prince of Europe should dare to invade the borders of my realm.
moving world body
There is nothing in the world I hold in greater horror than to see a body moving against its head: and I shall be very careful notto ally myself with such a monster.