"The art of governing is not to let the people see how you do it."

"I shall soon be compelled to undertake the conduct of the Prussian Government. My first care will be to reorganise the army, with or without the help of the Landtag. ... As soon as the army shall have…"

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

"Faust complained about having two souls in his breast, but I harbor a whole legion."

"Universal suffrage is the dictatorship of the stable-boy."