"The great questions of the day will not be decided by speeches and resolutions of majorities, but by iron and blood."

"The best way to unite Germany is to give them a common enemy."

"Never fight with Russian. On your every stratagem they answer unpredictable stupidity."

"Politics is the art of the possible, the attainable — the art of the next best."

"The more I see of the world, the more I am convinced that the only way to get anything done is to do it yourself."