Portal:Monarchy/Selected quote/5
Courage! I have shown it for years; think you I shall lose it at the moment when my sufferings are to end?
— Marie Antoinette, Responding to the priest who had accompanied her to the foot of the guillotine, who had whispered, "This is the moment, Madame, to arm yourself with courage."
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Portal:Monarchy/Selected quote/6
I'd like to be a queen of people's hearts, in people's hearts, but I don't see myself being Queen of this country. I don't think many people will want me to be Queen.
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Portal:Monarchy/Selected quote/8
All in the world I have is yours; Next to God, you are the one I love best, and if I did not know that your love for me is the same, I could not be so happy as I am: May God give us both the grace to live always in this affection without any guile.
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Portal:Monarchy/Selected quote/9
What is important is not to live in fear. The most dangerous [thing to do] is to give up and lose hope. The main enemy is not terrorism or extremism, but ignorance.
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Portal:Monarchy/Selected quote/10
I am not dead yet!
— Mary of Teck, said, during her last illness, to her physician, who neglected to bow before leaving her room. The physician, taking the hint, promptly turned and bowed before leaving the room.
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