The Queen had and has consistently sought to improve her knowledge in all areas of relevance to better enable dialogue and advice with world leaders. She continues to reign with dignity, fortitude, and respect from her Commonwealth nations. In October 1964, when addressing the Quebec provincial legislature, she said, "The function of constitutional monarchy is to personify the democratic state, to sanction legitimate authority, to assure the legality of means and guarantee the execution of the public will. It is my ardent desire that no citizen in my Realms should suffer restraint."