Ivan the Terrible — "I will make a desert and call it peace."

I will make a desert and call it peace.
Ivan the Terrible — Ivan the Terrible Early Modern · First Tsar of Russia

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A statement reflecting his willingness to destroy to achieve order, echoing Tacitus.

Date: c. 1570s

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