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Quotes by Royalty

"You are a pest, by the very nature of that camera in your hand."

"Today 23 years ago dear Grandmama died. I wonder what she would have thought of a Labour Government."

"If you find someone you love in your life, then hang on to that love."

"I begin by taking. I shall find scholars later to demonstrate my perfect right."

"I find that I sent wolves not shepherds to govern Ireland, for they have left me nothing but ashes and carcasses to reign over!"

"I am convinced that our movement will be more demoralized and weakened by blind and uncritical admiration than by frank admission of past mistakes."

"Our army is composed of the scum of the earth - the mere scum of the earth."

"Patriotism must be founded on great principals and supported by great virtue."

"An ugly baby is a very nasty object - and the prettiest is frightful."

"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."

"I venture to allude to the impression which seemed generally to prevail among their brethren across the seas, that the Old Country must wake up if she intends to maintain her old position of pre-eminence in her colonial trade against foreign competitors."

"Fear not, we are of the nature of the lion, and cannot descend to the destruction of mice and such small beasts."

"It seems to me that man is made to act rather than to know: the principles of things escape our most persevering researches."

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

"My advisers built a wall between myself and my people. I didn't realize what was happening. When I woke up, I had lost my people."

"A strength to harm is perilous in the hand of an ambitious head."

"We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the manner of yielding what is impossible to keep."

"My guiding principles in life are to be honest, genuine, thoughtful and caring."

"There is nothing about which I am more anxious than my country, and for its sake I am willing to die ten deaths, if that be possible."
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