I may be kindly, I am ordinarily gentle, but in my line of business I am obliged to will terribly what I will at all.Catherine the Great
In politics a capable ruler must be guided by circumstances, conjectures and conjunctions.Catherine the Great
Me, I shall be an autocrat: that is my trade; and The Good God will forgive me: that is His.Catherine the Great
I shall be an autocrat, that's my trade; and the good Lord will forgive me, that's his.Catherine the Great