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

Better pointed bullets than pointed words.

A bad plan that is well executed will yield much better results than a good plan that is poorly executed.

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.

Your map of Africa is really quite nice. But my map of Africa lies in Europe. Here is Russia, and here... is France, and we're in the middle - that's my map of Africa.

The position of Prussia in Germany will not be determined by its liberalism but by its power ... Prussia must concentrate its strength and hold it for the favorable moment, which has already come and gone several times. Since the treaties of Vienna, our frontiers have been ill-designed for a healthy body politic. Not through speeches and majority decisions will the great questions of the day be decided - that was the great mistake of 1848 and 1849 - but by iron and blood (Eisen und Blut).

People who love sausage and people who believe in justice should never watch either of them being made