General Quotes - Tsar's/Tsarist Regime's Incompetence

"I know..."

"I know nothing of the business of ruling." - Tsar Nicholas II

"It was.."

"(It was a man of weakness) and limited outlook who ruled the nation." - Micheal Lynch

"He did not have..."

"He did not have the required intelligence, wisdom or strength of character." - Ryan, Perfect & Sweeny

"Clearly lacked..."

"Clearly lacked the necessary qualities." - Orlando Figes

"Russia gained in...

"Russia gained in him the worst of both worlds; (a tsar reminded to rule from the throne yet quite incapable of exercising power)." - Figes

"The tsar's dismissal..."

"The tsar's dismissal of Witte, at a critical juncture in Russia's fortune, (inadvertently threw away the best change of his dynasty's survival)." -Lynch

"1905 and 1917..."

"Contributed significantly to the revolutions of 1905 and 1917." - Ryan, Perfect & Sweeny

Russia had...

"Ministers but no government"

"The most significant weakness..."

"The most significant weakness of the tsarist system was that... (dependent entirely on the individual character of the tsar) "- Ryan, Perfect, Sweeny

You would probably just write: the tsarist system proposed a weakness because it "was dependent entirely on the individual character of the tsar."

"The authoritarian nature..."

"The authoritarian nature of the tsaris regime was actually a cause of revolutionary tensions." - Ryan et. al.

"Russification meant that..."

"Russification meant that nationalism became a potentially explosive cause of conflict between the government and its people." - Ryan, et. el

- Use to show the failure of the tsarist regime to unify Russia.

"Poor leadership..."

"Poor leadership was a distinguishing feature of Nicholas II's reign." - Ryan, et. al