Did Queen Victoria really say 'We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat; they do not exist.'?

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We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat; they do not exist.

— Queen Victoria Modern · British monarch, Victorian era

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From a letter to Lord Salisbury, during a period of imperial expansion.

Date: 1896

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