People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election.

Politics is not an exact science.

Physicians still retain something of their priestly origin; they would gladly do what they forbid.

Let us put Germany, so to speak, in the saddle! you will see that she can ride.

Revolutions in Prussia are started by kings, and since it is a revolution, it is better to start it ourselves than to suffer of it

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.

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