Skip to content

A ruler that has but an army has one hand, but he who has a navy has both.

— Peter I of Russia Way a River Went: Following the Volga Through the Heart of Russia (2015)

Another quote →

Topics

War

More quotes by Peter I of Russia

Alas! I have civilized my own subjects; I have conquered other nations; yet I have not been able to civilize or to conquer myself.

All Peter I of Russia quotes →

You may also like

All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom.

Albert Einstein Moral Decay (1937)

The last half of the 20th century will seem like a wild party for rich kids, compared to what's coming now.

Hunter S. Thompson

Only the dead have seen the end of war.

George Santayana Soliloquies in England and Later Soliloquies (1922)

Wars produce many stories of fiction, some of which are told until they are believed to be true.

Ulysses S. Grant Personal Memoirs of General U. S. Grant (1885)

Attribution

Quote text and notes from Wikiquote: Peter I of Russia (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Source quality and labels are our own summary of what Wikiquote records.