Not even the King himself has the right to subordinate the interests of his country to his own feelings of love or hatred towards strangers; he is, however, responsible towards God and not to me if he does so, and therefore on this point I am silent.

You can't destroy the polish national-consciousness or Poles on the battlefield, but if you give them power, they will destroy themselves

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

I must protest that I would never seek foreign conflicts just to go over domestic difficulties; that would be frivolous. I was speaking of conflicts that we could not avoid, even though we do not seek them.

God always looks after the fools and — and the United States.

Better pointed bullets than pointed words.

The most significant event of the 20th century will be the fact that the North Americans speak English.