In politics a capable ruler must be guided by circumstances, conjectures and conjunctions. Catherine the Great Politics
I shall be an autocrat: that's my trade. And the good Lord will forgive me: that's his. Catherine the Great Forgiveness
A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a headache. Catherine the Great Imagination
I may be kindly, I am ordinarily gentle, but in my line of business I am obliged to will terribly what I will at all. Catherine the Great Business
A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a headache. Catherine the Great Great