As for my own part I care not for death, for all men are mortal; and though I be a woman yet I have as good a courage answerable to my place as ever my father had. I am your anointed Queen. I will never be by violence constrained to do anything. I thank God I am indeed endowed with such qualities that if I were turned out of the realm in my petticoat I were able to live in any place in Christendom. .Elizabeth I
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We often think that women are fragile and that they don’t have the same mental fortitude as men. However, Queen Elizabeth I of England would disagree with this notion. She was a woman of strong will and had no problem standing up to the political leaders of her era. When she was told that she wouldn’t be able to rule her country anymore, she had the confidence to say, “My God, give me neither poverty nor riches; for I want nothing but my own joy.” She didn’t let the people who were trying to force her out of power make her feel bad about herself. She was strong enough to know that if they were able to take away her power, she could still live a happy life wherever she went.
Source: Collected Works
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