Memorable English History Quotes

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"I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too."
Queen Elizabeth I
"England expects that every man will do his duty."
Lord Nelson
"Paris is worth a mass."
Henry IV (attributed, though he was French, the sentiment refle
"My only regret in life is that I did not drink more Champagne."
John Maynard Keynes
"We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender."
Winston Churchill
"The King is dead. Long live the King!"
Traditional Proclamation
"I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat."
Winston Churchill
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"Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, “This was their finest hour.”"
Winston Churchill
"England is the paradise of women, the purgatory of men, and the hell of horses."
John Florio
"The charge of the Light Brigade."
Alfred, Lord Tennyson (about the Crimean War)
"This was their finest hour."
Winston Churchill
"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few."
Winston Churchill
"Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth."
Abraham Lincoln (Gettysburg Address - reflects English democrat
"I have, before God and all of you, declared that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service."
Queen Elizabeth II
"A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood."
George S. Patton (American General, but reflecting British mili
"Keep calm and carry on."
British Ministry of Information (World War II)
"Business? It's quite simple; it's other people's money."
Peter Drucker (Austrian-born American management consultant, re
"The sun never sets on the British Empire."
Gustav Freytag (reflecting the global reach of English power)
"We are all socialists now."
Sir William Harcourt
"To be or not to be, that is the question."
William Shakespeare (Hamlet)
"Now is the winter of our discontent."
William Shakespeare (Richard III)
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"The better part of valor is discretion."
William Shakespeare (Henry IV, Part 1)
"All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players."
William Shakespeare (As You Like It)
"Beware the Ides of March."
William Shakespeare (Julius Ceasar)
"Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown."
William Shakespeare (Henry IV, Part 2)

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