Politics Is Not An Exact Science.

A Bad Plan That Is Well Executed Will Yield Much Better Results Than A Good Plan That Is Poorly Executed.

What We Learn From History Is That No One Learns From History

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).

He Who Has His Thumb On The Purse Has The Power.

One Day The Great European War Will Come Out Of Some Damned Foolish Thing In The Balkans (1888).