I have always found the word 'Europe' on the lips of those who wanted something from others which they dared not demand in their own names!

The less people know about how sausages and laws are made, the better they'll sleep at night

Our German forefathers had a very kind religion. They believed that, after death, they would meet again all the good dogs that had been their companions in life. I wish I could believe that too.

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.

A Bavarian is half-way between an Austrian and a human being.

man cannot control the current of events. he can only float with them and steer

Universal suffrage is the government of a house by its nursery.