You must go out and you must smile. You must smile and wave, and never let them know how hard it is to bear.[to Victoria]
Any damn fool can be Prime Minister, but to leave behind a thing of beauty, something like this, something that people will marvel over centuries from now, that’s worth living for.
When people are hungry they fancy themselves radicals.
True love, in whatever form it finds itself, is just as hard to lose as it is to find.
The problem with a scandal is that the mud does not always stick to the right people.
Sometimes in life we have to do things we do not wish to do.
In the proclamation, I am referred to as Alexandrina Victoria. But I do not like the name Alexandrina. From now on I wish to be called… Victoria.
I’m afraid the truth is vastly overrated.
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I know that I’m young. And some would say my sex puts me at a disadvantage. But I know my duty, and I assure you I am ready for the great responsibility that lies before me.
I find myself in a difficult position. I am a Queen and a wife. And to be a Queen I must rule. Yet, to be a wife, it seems I must submit.
A man’s imperfections are considered part of his character, whereas a woman’s flaws are evidence of her unsuitability.
What of worth has ever been achieved which did not inspire fear?
