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.

Alexander II of Russia Quotes

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.