Ivan the Terrible — "Without thunder there is no rain, and without the Tsar, there is no Russia."

Without thunder there is no rain, and without the Tsar, there is no Russia.
Ivan the Terrible — Ivan the Terrible Early Modern · First Tsar of Russia

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A proverb-like statement emphasizing the indispensability of his autocratic rule.

Date: c. 1570s

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