Better to abolish serfdom from above than to wait till it begins to abolish itself from… — Czar Alexander II of Russia
Better to abolish serfdom from above than to wait till it begins to abolish itself from below.
In the original Russian
Я думаю, что и вы одного мнения со мною, следовательно, гораздо лучше, чтобы это произошло свыше, нежели снизу.
1856
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Czar Alexander II of Russia. Quoted in A Concise History of Russia, written by Ronald Hingley. Thames & Hudson, 1991.
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Czar Alexander II of Russia. Speech to Moscow Nobility. 30 Mar. 1856, Moscow, Russia.
