(Commenting on his advanced age and unsuitability for office.) "To me, His Majesty is the anointed one, the rightful sovereign. He personifies the whole of Russia. He is forty-seven and it is not just since yesterday that he has been reigning and deciding the fate of the Russian people. When the decision of such a man is made and his course of action is determined, his faithful subjects must accept it whatever may be the consequences. And then let God's will be fulfilled. These views I have held all my life and with them I shall die." References Bibliography Fuhrmann, Joseph T. (2013). Rasputin: The Untold Story (illustrated ed.). Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. . Massie, Robert K. Nicholas and Alexandra. New York: Ballantine, 1967, 2000. (pp. 216, 220, 319, 347, 349–350, 526 Moe, Ronald C. (2011). Prelude to the Revolution: The Murder of Rasputin. Aventine Press. . Ferdinand Ossendowski (1921). Witte, Stolypin, and Goremykin. Translated by F. B. Czarnomski (New York: E.P.Dutton, 1925). It was republished in Sarmatian Review, vol. XXVIII, no. 1 (January 2008), pp. 1351–1355. External links 1839 births 1917 deaths People from Veliky Novgorod People from Novgorodsky Uyezd Heads of government of the Russian Empire Interior ministers of Russia Members of the State Council (Russian Empire) Active Privy Councillors, 1st class (Russian Empire) Russian monarchists Imperial School of Jurisprudence alumni People murdered in Russia