"Der König herrscht aber regiert nicht."

"I ask you what right had I to close the way to the throne against these people? The kings of Prussia have never been …"

"I am of opinion that the idea of the Christian State is as old as the ci-devant Holy Roman Empire, as old as all the …"

"Nicht durch Reden und Majoritätsbeschlüsse werden die großen Fragen der Zeit entschieden — daß ist der große Fehler v…"

"The social insecurity of the worker is the real cause of their being a peril to the state."

"Die Politik ist keine exakte Wissenschaft."

"Faust complains of having two souls in his breast. I have a whole squabbling crowd. It goes on as in a republic."

"I shall soon be compelled to undertake the conduct of the Prussian Government. My first care will be to reorganise th…"

"I grant that I am full of prejudices; I sucked them in with my mother's milk, and I cannot possibly argue them away."

"Only a country's most vital interests justify its embarking on war. ... Aye, I made the war of 1866, fulfilling my ha…"