Ivan the Terrible — "Treason is a disease that must be cut out with a sharp knife."

Treason is a disease that must be cut out with a sharp knife.
Ivan the Terrible — Ivan the Terrible Early Modern · First Tsar of Russia

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A statement justifying his brutal purges and executions.

Date: c. 1560s

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