Napoleon was a great warrior." "So was Bluecher, since it was he who helped overcome the little Corsican." The Germans will never forgive Napoleon.
"But war is a terrible thing," went on Gretchen.
"Yes, but it is a great educator; it teaches the vanquished how little they know." "War is the offspring of pride; that is what makes it so abhorred." "It is also the offspring of oppression; that is what makes it so great." "Yes; when the people take up arms it is well.

War is the torch of liberty in the hands of the people.

Oh, I envy the people, who are so strong, yet know it not.

If I were a man I would teach the people that a king has no divine right, save when it is conferred upon him by them." "Gretchen, I'm afraid that you're a bit of a Socialist." "And who is not who has any love for humanity ?" "A beautiful woman who is a Socialist, Gretchen, is a menace to the King.

Sometimes he fears her.