Talk:Elizabeth I of England

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• All my possessions for a moment in time.
  • Reputedly her last words

• Although I may not be a lion, I am a lion's cub, and inherit many of his qualities; and as long as the King of France treats me gently he will find me as gentle and tractable as he can desire; but if he be rough, I shall take the trouble to be just as troublesome and offensive to him as I can.
  • To Parliament, on the Dauphin of France

• I am already bound unto an husband, which is the kingdom of England.
  • To Parliament

• I will have one mistress here, and no master! No man shall rule over me
  • Reputedly said to Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester

• I would not open windows into men's souls.
  • Attributed to her by Francis Bacon; said to be her response when refusing to sanction an investigation into whether her subjects were secretly Catholic.

• My lords, the past cannot be cured.
  • Statement to Parliament

• She almost reluctantly learns to admire her strength and convictions as another powerful, determined woman.
  • To Parliament

• There is a small proportion betwixt a fool who useth not wit because he hath it not and him that useth it not when it should avail him.
  • To Parliament

• There is but one Lord, Jesus Christ. One faith. All else is a dispute over trifles.
  • On the Protestant/Catholic divide

• What will my enemies not say, that for the safety of her life a maiden queen could be content to spill the blood even of her own kinswoman?
  • Said to the council when besought to sign Mary Queen of Scots' death warrant

• You are like my little dog. Whenever they see you, they know I am not far behind.
  • Reputedly said to Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester

• Jesus! Thirteen Thousand!
  • (said to the Archbishop Of Canterbury when he complained about his difficulties in finding enough priests to fill the 13,000 parishes in England)