[The "Bloody Sunday" massacre has just occurred.]

How many dead?

Sir, we are still counting; but it is estimated to be in the hundreds.

Who gave the order to fire upon them?

Your Majesty, nobody ordered it.

You run this government. Somebody had to have ordered something!

Would you have gone out to meet them?

Of course not.

Would you have given them a Duma? Allowed them to have elections? Had schools and hospitals built for them?

How could I?

Then why bother to inform you about this? You would not have done anything!