Elizabeth I Quotes

You may rely upon one thing — I'll never engage in creating kings again; it's too great a strain.

Commerce and politics do not go with royalty, full stop.

Queen of the Great Democracy

It's a primitive thing, kings and queens.

A revelation came to me at 16. All true princes must someday become kings.

It's great to be queen!

It is not a sign of arrogance for the king to rule. That is what he is there for.

I'm now the Lord of the Brighton Manor.

My family's a ruling family.

I would rather hew wood than be a king under the conditions of the King of England.

The nobles will stand by the crown and the crown must stand by them … except the Campbells.

In Spain the king rules, but in the Sierra I do.

That's a really strange, unique position to be in - royalty is where you have no choice over what your duties are.

I'm going to be the next king of the Earth.

I'm the Princess of The Authority.

When you're the king of someplace, you don't voluntarily leave.

If I can't have my own mate and my own children, then I can at least have my own kingdom.

If you see yourself as a kingly type, then you need your serfs and your army and so on around you.

I spent a lot of time with a crown on my head.

Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.

Historically, royal families have represented an institution. The institution is built on heritage, and is timeless in that sense.

By ancestry, I was born to rule.

A true king is neither husband nor father; he considers his throne and nothing else.

A monarchy is the most expensive of all forms of government, the regal state requiring a costly parade, and he who depends on his own power to rule, must strengthen that power by bribing the active and enterprising whom he cannot intimidate.

In England, the sovereignty resides exclusively in the person or individual who is king. All Englishmen are his subjects. And the highest peer in the realm... has no share in the sovereignty.