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

"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."

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

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

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

"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 …"

"Mein lieber Professor, ein solcher Krieg hätte uns wenigstens 30,000 Mann brave Soldaten gekostet, und uns im besten …"