Politics Is No Exact Science.

A Statesman... Must Wait Until He Hears The Steps Of God Sounding Through Events, Then Leap Up And Grasp The Hem Of His Garment.

The Position Of Prussia In Germany Will Not Be Determined By Its Liberalism But By Its Power ... Prussia Must Concentrate Its Strength And Hold It For The Favorable Moment, Which Has Already Come And Gone Several Times. Since The Treaties Of Vienna, Our Frontiers Have Been Ill-designed For A Healthy Body Politic. Not Through Speeches And Majority Decisions Will The Great Questions Of The Day Be Decided - That Was The Great Mistake Of 1848 And 1849 - But By Iron And Blood (eisen Und Blut).

History Is Simply A Piece Of Paper Covered With Print: The Main Thing Is To Make History, Not To Write It.

God Has A Special Providence For Fools, Drunks, And The United States Of America.

If You Like Laws And Sausages, You Should Never Watch Either One Being Made.