"In my politics, I may be attacked, but I only laugh about it. But when it comes to hunting, that's where the fun stops, that's where it gets serious."

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

"The truth is that with a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and when I have to do with a pirate, I try to be a pirate and a half."

"When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice."

"I am a Junker, and I will remain one."