I have the heart of a man, not a woman, and I am not afraid of anything.

If I should say the sweetest speech with the eloquentest tongue that ever was in man, I were not able to express that restless care which I have ever bent to govern for the greatest wealth.

[When opposed by leaders of her Council:] I will make you shorter by the head!

I have the heart of a man, not a woman, and I am not afraid of anything.

Had I been crested, not cloven, my Lords, you had not treated me thus.

Have a care over my people. You have my people--do you that which I ought to do. They are my people.... See unto them--see unto them, for they are my charge.... I care not for myself; my life is not dear to me. My care is for my people. I pray God, whoever succeedeth me, be as careful of them as I am.

[On Thomas Seymour's death:] This day died a man of much wit and very little judgment.