‘The Tsars founded Russia, and the harshest and cruelest were the best. The Russian people are the most submissive of all when they are sternly mastered, but they are incapable of ruling themselves. No sooner is the bridle loosened than they lapse into anarchy; they need an unlimited master; they walk a straight path only when they feel an iron fist over their head.’

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