Famous quotes by Royaltys

"To all those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past, I extend my sincere thoughts and deep sympathy. With the benefit of historical hindsight, we can all see things which we would wish had been done differently or not at all"

Queen Elizabeth II, Royalty

"Therefore I am sure that this, my Coronation, is not the symbol of a power and a splendor that are gone, but a declaration of our hopes for the future, and for the years I may, by God's Grace and Mercy, be given to reign and serve you as your Queen"

Queen Elizabeth II, Royalty

"The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses will be all the stronger for working together and sharing the load"

Queen Elizabeth II, Royalty

"No one who knew Diana will ever forget her. Millions of others who never met her, but felt they knew her, will remember her"

Queen Elizabeth II, Royalty

"Madam President, speaking here in Dublin Castle, it is impossible to ignore the weight of history, as it was yesterday when you and I laid wreaths at the Garden of Remembrance"

Queen Elizabeth II, Royalty

"I hope that tomorrow we can all, wherever we are, join in expressing our grief at Diana's loss, and gratitude for her all-too-short life. It is a chance to show to the whole world the British nation united in grief and respect"

Queen Elizabeth II, Royalty

"In my position, you have to read when you want to write, and to talk when you would like to read"

Catherine the Great, Royalty

"I beg you, take courage; the brave soul can mend even disaster"

Catherine the Great, Royalty

"I am one of the people who love the why of things"

Catherine the Great, Royalty

"Your wit makes others witty"

Catherine the Great, Royalty

"You philosophers are lucky men. You write on paper and paper is patient. Unfortunate Empress that I am, I write on the susceptible skins of living beings"

Catherine the Great, Royalty

"I may be kindly, I am ordinarily gentle, but in my line of business I am obliged to will terribly what I will at all"

Catherine the Great, Royalty

"Only do what your heart tells you"

Princess Diana, Royalty

"If men had to have babies, they would only ever have one each"

Princess Diana, Royalty

"I think the biggest disease the world suffers from in this day and age is the disease of people feeling unloved. I know that I can give love for a minute, for half an hour, for a day, for a month, but I can give. I am very happy to do that, I want to do that"

Princess Diana, Royalty

"Hugs can do great amounts of good - especially for children"

Princess Diana, Royalty

"HIV does not make people dangerous to know, so you can shake their hands and give them a hug: Heaven knows they need it"

Princess Diana, Royalty

"Laws are the sovereigns of sovereigns"

Louis XIV, Royalty

"It is legal because I wish it"

Louis XIV, Royalty

"I am the state"

Louis XIV, Royalty

"I think people really marry far too much; it is such a lottery after all, and for a poor woman a very doubtful happiness"

Queen Victoria, Royalty

"Everybody grows but me"

Queen Victoria, Royalty

"Being pregnant is an occupational hazard of being a wife"

Queen Victoria, Royalty

"You have to give this much to the Luftwaffe: When it knocked down our buildings it did not replace them with anything more offensive than rubble. We did that"

Prince Charles, Royalty

"Something as curious as the monarchy won't survive unless you take account of people's attitudes. After all, if people don't want it, they won't have it"

Prince Charles, Royalty

"I learned the way a monkey learns - by watching its parents"

Prince Charles, Royalty

"Fool! Don't you see now that I could have poisoned you a hundred times had I been able to live without you"

Cleopatra, Royalty

"My honour was not yielded, but conquered merely"

Cleopatra, Royalty

"Name me an emperor who was ever struck by a cannonball?"

Charles V, Royalty

"If my soldiers were to begin to think, not one of them would remain in the army"

Frederick II, Royalty

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