I am bored. The great things are done. The German Reich is made.

The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.

This policy cannot succeed through speeches, and shooting-matches, and songs; it can only be carried out through blood and iron.

Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others.

We live in a wondrous time in which the strong is weak because of his moral scruples and the weak grows strong because of his audacity.

When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.

Politics is like sausages, you don't want to watch either being made.