Did Ivan the Terrible really say 'I am a slave, and not a king, to listen to the advice of others.'?

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I am a slave, and not a king, to listen to the advice of others.

— Ivan the Terrible Early Modern · First Tsar of Russia

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"I will show no mercy to those who betray me."

"There is no truth but my truth."

"My power is from God, not from men."

"I am a great sinner, but God is merciful."

"Let no one question my authority."

From his letters to Prince Andrei Kurbsky, asserting his autocratic power and rejecting counsel.

Date: c. 1560s

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