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Avoiding a war with Russia that could go nuclear, however, has always been a vital strategic interest, especially since Moscow acquired nuclear weapons. Every American president has known that. And avoidance of war with the United States has been a guiding principle of Russian foreign policy from Stalin to Putin.

An educated people can be easily governed.

Every man must get to Heaven his own way.

My people and I have come to an agreement which satisfies us both. They are to do what they please, and I am to do what I please.

Many battles have been fought and won by soldiers nourished on beer.

Truth is a thing immortal and perpetual, and it gives to us a beauty that fades not away in time.

It has been said by a certain general, that the first object in the establishment of an army ought to be making provision for the belly, that being the basis and foundation of all operations.

It is your attitude, and the suspicion that you are maturing the boldest designs against him, that imposes on your enemy.

The greatest and noblest pleasure which we have in this world is to discover new truths, and the next is to shake off old prejudices.

It is disgusting to notice the increase in the quantity of coffee used by my subjects, and the amount of money that goes out of the country as a consequence. Everybody is using coffee; this must be prevented. His Majesty was brought up on beer, and so were both his ancestors and officers. Many battles have been fought and won by soldiers nourished on beer, and the King does not believe that coffee-drinking soldiers can be relied upon to endure hardships in case of another war.

In trying to defend everything he defended nothing.

War is the national industry of Prussia.

The idea of freedom can never be disassociated from real Prussia. The real Prussian spirit means a synthesis between restraint and freedom, between voluntary subordination and conscientious leadership, between pride in oneself and consideration for others, between rigor and compassion. Unless a balance is kept between these qualities, the Prussian spirit is in danger of degenerating into soulless routine and narrow-minded dogmatism.

They say that kings are made in the image of God. If that is what he looks like, I feel sorry for God.

We are made for action, and activity is the sovereign remedy for all physical ills.

If I wished to punish a province, I would have it governed by philosophers.

Our work is to present things that are as they are.

Prussia is great because her people are intelligent. They know the alphabet. The alphabet is conquering the world.

I consider it a degradation and a stain on my honor to submit to baptism in order to qualify myself for state employment in Prussia.

To enlist the support of the people and of parliament, you only have to propose a profitable villainy.

Throughout the first half of the nineteenth century, the (Rothschild) brothers conducted important transactions on behalf of the governments of England, France, Prussia, Austria, Belgium, Spain, Naples, Portugal, Brazil, various German states and smaller countries. They were the personal bankers of many of the crowned heads of Europe. They made large investments, through agents, in markets as distant as the United States, India, Cuba and Australia.

I think it better to keep a profound silence with regard to the Christian fables, which are canonized by their antiquity and the credulity of absurd and insipid people.

As to your Newton, I confess I do not understand his void and his gravity; I admit he has demonstrated the movement of the heavenly bodies with more exactitude than his forerunners; but you will admit it is an absurdity to to maintain the existence of Nothing.

Rascals, do you want to live forever?

For a century after the reign of Frederick, Prussia remained the most prominent Germanic state in Europe.

Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.

To retain respect for sausages and laws, one must not watch them in the making.

The truth is always the strongest argument.

By push of bayonets, no firing until you see the whites in their eyes!

Demons live in many lands, but particularly in Prussia.