00:00I wish to be a god to my people, and to be loved by them.
00:05Catherine the Great
00:08It is only through the profoundest philosophy that we can escape the miseries of life.
00:15Catherine the Great
00:18If a man is to be a king, he must be a philosopher.
00:23Catherine the Great
00:27I have a heart of iron and the posterior of a Frenchwoman.
00:32Catherine the Great
00:36The great art of ruling is to keep the people in a state of expectation.
00:41Catherine the Great
00:45It is a common failing of mankind to desire that which they cannot have.
00:51Catherine the Great
00:54We are all instruments of God's will, even when we are not aware of it.
01:00Catherine the Great
01:04I should prefer to be a witness of the progress of mankind rather than its destroyer.
01:10Catherine the Great
01:14The only way to make people love you is to make them happy.
01:19Catherine the Great
01:22I have never seen a man who was too good to be governed.
01:27Catherine the Great
01:31Let us have peace, and let us have the means to defend it.
01:35Catherine the Great
01:39I am not afraid of death, I am afraid of not having lived.
01:44Catherine the Great
01:48A prince who has been educated in the light of reason will be an enlightened prince.
01:54Catherine the Great
01:57To be a good ruler, one must be both loved and feared.
02:02Catherine the Great
02:06I hate wars, but I am prepared to fight for my country.
02:11Catherine the Great
02:15Ambition is a dangerous thing, but it is also the engine of progress.
02:20Catherine the Great
02:24The art of making a people happy is to make them industrious.
02:29Catherine the Great
02:33A sovereign who governs by the caprice of his own will is a tyrant.
02:38Catherine the Great
02:42The enlightenment of mankind is the greatest work that can be done.
02:47Catherine the Great
02:51I have always been of the opinion that the best way to make men happy is to make them free.
02:58Catherine the Great
02:59I have always been of the opinion that the best way to make men happy is to make men happy
03:00is to make men happy is to make men happy.
03:01Catherine the Great
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