6 quotes by Catherine the Great

“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

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“I beg you take courage the brave soul can mend even disaster.” — Catherine the Great

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“I shall be an autocrat, that's my trade and the good Lord will forgive me, that's his.” — Catherine the Great

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“A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a headache.” — Catherine the Great

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“In politics a capable ruler must be guided by circumstances, conjectures and conjunctions.” — Catherine the Great

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“Power without a nation's confidence is nothing.” — Catherine the Great

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