Catherine the Great
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
I beg you take courage the brave soul can mend even disaster.
— 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
A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a headache.
— Catherine the Great
In politics a capable ruler must be guided by circumstances, conjectures and conjunctions.
— Catherine the Great
Power without a nation's confidence is nothing.
— Catherine the Great