"It is not by means of speeches and majority resolutions that the great issues of the day will be decided, but by iron and blood."

"The only way to avoid mistakes is to gain experience, but experience is gained by making mistakes."

"There are a lot of people who have only one thought all their lives, and they never come into conflict with it. I am not one of them; I learn from life, I learn as long as I live, I learn even today. …"

"Free trade is not a principle, but an expedient."

"Man cannot create the current of events. He can only slightly alter its course."