Nikolai Dante: "There's no fun or profit in thieving from those who can't afford it..."
Tsar Vladimir: "That's the way of the empire, young Dante. If you can't accept that, you don't deserve to live as part of it." 2000 AD prog 1036.
Tsar Vladimir (drinking wine, naked and being washed by four beautiful and unhappy young women in their underwear): "I was remarkably imaginative when it came to dealing with enemies in the early days of my reign. I think the power went to my head slightly, made me rather decadent."
Count Pyre: "Decadent, Tsar Vladimir? You? Surely not." 2000 AD prog 1037.