Saltykov-Shchedrin quote

[Michael Newcity]

I recently came across the following quotations attributed to
Saltykov-Shchedrin: "The severity of Russian law is mitigated by the lack
of compulsion to observe it." Can anyone identify the source of this
quotation?

Thanks!

Michael Newcity
Center for Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies
Duke University


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