I believe that the majority of German-Austria is against the old regime, and when it has expressed itself to this effect the furtherance of democracy is sufficiently assured.
And with this, gentlemen, I have finished what I proposed to set before you.

I vainly endeavoured to make peace together with Germany, but I was not unsuccessful in my endeavours to save the German-Austrians from ultimately coming to armed conflict with Germany.

I can say this, and without exaggeration, that I have defended the German alliance as if it had been my own child, and I do not know what would have happened had I not done so.

Andrassy's "extra turn" at the last moment showed the great mass of the public how present a danger was that of war with Germany.

Had the same experiment been made six months before it would have been war with Germany; would have made Austria a scene of war.
There are evil times in store for the German people, but a people of many millions cannot perish and will not perish.