All treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with the struggle for existence.

Faust complained about having two souls in his breast, but I harbor a whole crowd of them and they quarrel. It is like being in a republic.

The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.

Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.

People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.

People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.