Author of quotes: Nicholas I

Dreams of Italian Carbonarism and German Tugendbund! Republican chimeras of all high school students, lyceum students, undercooked thinkers from the university audience. They look stately and beautiful, in their essence they are pitiful and harmful! The republic is a utopia, because it is a transitional, abnormal state, ultimately always leading to a dictatorship, and through it to an absolute monarchy. There has never been such a republic in history that in difficult times would have done without the arbitrariness of one person and which would have avoided defeat and destruction when there was no efficient leader in it. The forces of the country are in concentrated power, for where everyone rules, no one rules; where there is any legislator, there is no firm law, no unity of political goals, no inner harmony. What is the consequence of all this? Anarchy!

Tonight maybe we're both more on the light, but at least we will die fulfilling our duty!

If I am Emperor even for one hour, it will show that I was worthy!

Not I myself took the place on which you sit, it gave me God. It is not better than gallery, but I defended him to the last degree.

We are all in agreement, he said. We all have one enemy: the revolution. If they continue to bill and COO with her, as is done in Berlin, the fire will soon become universal. Here I'm not afraid of anything. While I was alive, nobody moves. Because I'm a soldier, my brother in law never has been <...> Yes, I am a soldier. This is the case for me. The other matter that is entrusted to me by Providence, I do it because I have to perform and because there is no one who would take him off my Han. But it's not for me.

Mathematics, then artillery, and especially the engineering science and tactics, was attracted to me solely; the success of this part provided I'm special.

I am pleased to tell you that I was not expecting to find my son such a success... Everything about him is exactly what he knows, knows well, thanks to your plan the exercises and jealousy of teachers.

If anyone asks you, where in the world is hiding the true happiness, do me a favor, send this man to Anikovsky Paradise.

Serve Russia. I wanted to take everything difficult, everything serious, leaving the Kingdom of peace, arranged, happy. Providence judged otherwise. And now I go to pray for Russia and for you. After Russia I loved you more than anything in the world.

I look at human life as a service, as each should serve.

Military science took me passionately. To them alone I found comfort and pleasant experience. We're engineers!

In the teaching I saw one coercion, and studied without hunting. Me often, and I think not without reason, accused of laziness and absent-mindedness. And often count Lamsdorf I was punished with a cane is very painful among the most lessons.

Less etiquette, and I want to make a joke. Right, times like this is a rarity for me.

Love Russia tender, love proudly, for what she prinadlejal and dare to call Home.