"The great questions of the day will not be settled by speeches and majority decisions... but by blood and iron."

"The statesman who is worthy of the name must always have one ear open to the voice of the people, the other to the voice of God."

"I have always found that the best way to get rid of an enemy is to make him a friend."

"We Germans fear God, and nothing else in the world."

"The statesman's task is to secure the future of his country."