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Quotation from The Devils by Fyodor Dostoevsky

“Starting from unlimited freedom, I arrive at unlimited despotism.”

Fyodor Dostoevsky (spoken by Shigalyov)

The Devils, Part II, Ch. 7, trans. Constance Garnett (1916)

Portrait of Fyodor Dostoevsky

Shigalyov sums up his system for the revolutionary meeting.

Citation: "Starting from unlimited freedom, I arrive at unlimited despotism." — Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Devils, Part II, Ch. 7, trans. Constance Garnett (1916). (id the-devils-q1)

Portrait: Portrait of Fyodor Dostoevsky by Vasily Perov, Vasily Perov, Public domain.

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