An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.

A generation that has taken a beating is always followed by a generation that deals one.

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

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).

The Catholic priest, from the moment he becomes a priest, is a sworn officer of the pope.

I have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth.

The government should cultivate the view also among the propertyless classes of the population, those who are the most numerous and the least educated, that the state is not only an institution of necessity but also of welfare. By recognizable and direct advantages they must be led to look upon the state not as an agency devised solely for the protection of the better-situated classes of society but also as one serving their needs and interests.