Russian Government

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“Whatever qualities [Tsar Nicholas I] may have shown in his own kingly profession, it must be admitted that in his dealings with the Russian Muse he was at the worst a vicious bully, at the best a clown.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)

“What is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?”
—James Madison (1751–1836)