Queen Victoria:

I wish I had been born a boy.

— Queen Victoria Modern

British monarch, Victorian era

From her early journals, expressing frustration with the limitations placed on women.

1832

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"I never forget a kindness, nor an injury."

"I have been unfortunate in my sons."

"I am not fond of strangers."

"Being a Queen is a most unpleasant & ungrateful position."

"It is a pleasure to be a queen, but it is a greater pleasure to be a wife."