With bad laws and good civil servants it's still possible to govern. But with bad civil servants even the best laws can't help.

The Balkans arent worth the life of a single Pomeranian grenadier.

Faust complained about having two souls in his breast, but I harbor a whole crowd of them and they quarrel. It is like being in a republic.

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

History is simply a piece of paper covered with print: the main thing is to make history, not to write it.

Better pointed bullets than pointed words.

Life has taught me to forgive much, but to seek forgiveness still more.