Bismarck-Schönhausen, Otto von

When one says that one agrees in principle with something, it means that one has not the slightest intention of putting it into practice

He who has his thumb on the bag has the power

I must assume that anyone who defends his or her point of view with weapons other than those of the spirit has run out of the weapons of the spirit

Who among us has not had the impression in his life that one is nowhere more lonely than in a city of a few hundred thousand inhabitants, of whom one does not know anyone!

We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world! And it is the fear of God that makes us love and cultivate peace

We know where a war begins, but we don't know where it ends