Absolute power Quote by Mikhail Bakunin

Revolutions in Russia are even worse than bad czars.

— Ksenia Sobchak

Mr. Putin presents himself as a czar - and like any czar, he fears revolution above all else.

— Simon Sebag Montefiore

The tsar [Nicholas II] is not treacherous but he is weak. Weakness is not treachery, but it fulfils all its functions.

— Wilhelm II

“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

Lenin is not comparable to any revolutionary figure in history. Revolutionaries have had ideals. Lenin has none.

— Peter Kropotkin

I was not born to amuse the Tsars.

— Alexander Pushkin

Time and time again, the obstinate refusal of the tsarist regime to concede reforms turned what should have been a political problem into a…

— Orlando Figes

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

— Joseph Stalin

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

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

Vladimir Putin is really very much of a leader. I mean, you can say, oh, isn't that a terrible thing - the man has…

— Donald Trump

“The revolution has decreed that the former tsar, Nicholai Romanov, is guilty of countless bloody crimes against his people and is to be shot.”

— Glenn Meade