Ivan the Terrible — "My will is the law, and my word is absolute."

My will is the law, and my word is absolute.
Ivan the Terrible — Ivan the Terrible Early Modern · First Tsar of Russia

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A clear articulation of his autocratic power.

Date: c. 1570s

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