The Luxury Of One's Own Opinion.

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).

Laws Are Like Sausages, It Is Better Not To See Them Being Made.

They Treat Me Like A Fox, A Cunning Fellow (schlaukopf) Of The First Rank. But The Truth Is That With A Gentleman I Am Always A Gentleman And A Half, And When I Have To Do With A Pirate, I Try To Be A Pirate And A Half.

Fools You Are. To Say You Learn By Your Experience. I Prefer To Profit By Others' Mistakes And Avoid The Price Of My Own.

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