What We Learn From History Is That

Revolutions In Prussia Are Started By Kings, And Since It Is A Revolution, It Is Better To Start It Ourselves Than To Suffer Of It

Laws Are Like Medicine; They Generally Cure An Evil By A Lesser Or A Passing Evil.

Physicians Still Retain Something Of Their Priestly Origin; They Would Gladly Do What They Forbid.

This Policy Cannot Succeed Through Speeches, And Shooting-matches, And Songs; It Can Only Be Carried Out Through Blood And Iron.

The Government Should Cultivate The View Also Among The Propertyless Classes Of The Population, Those Who Are The Most Numerous And The Least Educated, That The State Is Not Only An Institution Of Necessity But Also Of Welfare. By Recognizable And Direct Advantages They Must Be Led To Look Upon The State Not As An Agency Devised Solely For The Protection Of The Better-situated Classes Of Society But Also As One Serving Their Needs And Interests.