Alexander II of Russia Quote

It is better to abolish serfdom from above than to wait for it to abolish itself from below.


Speech (30 March 1856), as quoted in A Concise History of Russia (1972) by Ronald Hingley/. p. 122.


It is better to abolish serfdom from above than to wait for it to abolish itself from below.

It is better to abolish serfdom from above than to wait for it to abolish itself from below.

It is better to abolish serfdom from above than to wait for it to abolish itself from below.

It is better to abolish serfdom from above than to wait for it to abolish itself from below.