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.
The problem with a scandal is that the mud does not always stick to the right people.
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.
A man’s imperfections are considered part of his character, whereas a woman’s flaws are evidence of her unsuitability.
When people are hungry they fancy themselves radicals.
What of worth has ever been achieved which did not inspire fear?
Try to remember what you’ve got. Not what you had.[to Skerrett]
True love, in whatever form it finds itself, is just as hard to lose as it is to find.
The public are won over by resolve. If you believe in something firmly enough, they will too.
Sometimes in life we have to do things we do not wish to do.
Sometimes a man must do what he believes to be right. Sooner or later.
