Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Historian, Ralph Raico, On Czar Nicholas the Second of Russia

"He was persuaded by whoever whispered to him last."............Yeah, there are a few American politicians like that, too.

2 comments:

dmarks said...

Apparently, the voices speaking to him were milder than the very bloodthirsty demons that drove Lenin and Trotsky to make the final Czar's rule seem relatively benign.

Will "take no prisoners" Hart said...

The real irony here is that if it wasn't for the rank stupidity of Nicholas (and ultimately Kerensky) to get his country involved in WW1, the Bolsheviks probably never would have ascended to power (the fact that the war caused unbelievable chaos, dislocations, etc.) in the first place.......The law of unintended consequences yet again.