Nicholas II

“I pity the Tsar... It's a miserable job.”

“I am not prepared to be a Tsar. I never wanted to become one. I know nothing of the business of ruling.”

“I will preserve the principle of Autocracy as firmly and unflinchingly as my late father.”

“There is no justice among men.”

“Around me I see treason, cowardice and deceit.”

“I have a secret conviction that I am destined for a terrible trial.”

“What is going to happen to me and all of Russia? I am not ready to be a Czar. I know nothing of the business of ruling.”

“I forgive and I pray for all.”

“The Japanese are infidels. The might of Holy Russia will crush them.”

“This is a day of great triumph for Russia, and a day of shame and humiliation for me.”

“My mind is made up; I will not have a constitution.”

“The Tsar can do no wrong.”

“I am the absolute monarch, and I will be.”