Politics Is Not A Science...but An Art.

I Have Seen Three Emperors In Their Nakedness, And The Sight Was Not Inspiring.

Politics Is Not An Exact Science.

Revolutions In Prussia Are Started By Kings, And Since It Is A Revolution, It Is Better To Start It Ourselves Than To Suffer Of It

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).

Earthly Majesty Is Always Akin To The Fallen Angel, Who Is Proud And Unhappy, Beautiful But Troubled, And Whose Plans And Efforts, Though Vast, Are Denied Access.