All treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with the struggle for existence.

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.

The government should cultivate the view also among the propertyless classes of the population, those who are the most numerous and the least educated, that the state is not only an institution of necessity but also of welfare. By recognizable and direct advantages they must be led to look upon the state not as an agency devised solely for the protection of the better-situated classes of society but also as one serving their needs and interests.

We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world.

The nation that has the schools has the future.

Laws are like sausages. You sleep far better the less you know about how they are made.

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