Did Ivan the Terrible really say 'I will crush all who oppose me.'?

Ivan the Terrible Quote Source & Citation:

I will crush all who oppose me.

— Ivan the Terrible Early Modern · First Tsar of Russia

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"I am the instrument of God's vengeance."

"I have been cruel to you, but I have been just."

"Better to be feared than loved."

"I am not a man, I am a Tsar!"

"I am a man of blood and iron, and I will rule with an iron hand."

A direct threat to his enemies and dissenters.

Date: c. 1560s

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