Crisis Quote by John Grant

Do you remember the tsar? Well, I‘m like a tsar.

— Joseph Stalin

The mentality of the Russian demands a lord, a czar, a president.

— Valentina Matviyenko

The tsar of War and Peace, especially in the BBC version, is a complete popinjay and a useless character. The real tsar, Alexander I,…

— Simon Sebag Montefiore

Now I have realized what the lie is. If I became a tsar, no one would ever dare to tell me a lie. I…

— Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia

“With the Russian Empire teetering on the brink of collapse, the tsarist regime responded to the crises with its usual incompetence and obstinacy. The…

— Orlando Figes

Revolutions in Russia are even worse than bad czars.

— Ksenia Sobchak

My grandfather had come over as a member of the czarist army, to make an arms deal with the British government. Being a blinkered…

— Helen Mirren

I was not born to amuse the Tsars.

— Alexander Pushkin

“The message of the Nazarene had been turned into a weapon in some religious power game. 'Look how they love one another' just didn't…

— Dylan Morrison

“The time for princes and tsars and grand duchesses and especially holy madmen was gone. In its place came a world of war and…

— Marcus Sedgwick

“Evil men have no songs.” How is it, then, that the Russians have songs?

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“In Russia, meanwhile, dedicated young people kept trying to kill the tsar.”

— Ian Frazier