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).

Politics is not a science...but an art.

My subject is my life, and my life is my subject.

The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.

I am accustomed to pay men back in their own coin.

A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.

A bad plan that is well executed will yield much better results than a good plan that is poorly executed.