"The greatest danger to Germany's future is not the French or the Russians, but the Germans themselves."

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

"You can do anything with bayonets except sit on them."

"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."

"He who has once been bitten by the passion for power, will never be free from it."