He saw, and winced as he saw, that, while other European nations, even under despots, were comparatively active and energetic, his own people were
Nicholas I’s Legacy
Fearless as he was before bright bayonets, he was an utter coward before bright ideas. He laughed at the flash of cannon, but he trembled at the flash
Alexander I and Nicholas I
Of this hate which Nicholas felt for liberal forms of government there yet remain monuments in the great museum of the Kremlin.Continuing Russian