The word 'Italy' is a geographical expression, a description which is useful shorthand, but has none of the political significance the efforts of the revolutionary ideologues try to put on it, and which is full of dangers for the very… — Klemens von Metternich Copy Share Image
It is useless to close the gates against ideas; they overlap them. — Klemens von Metternich Copy Share Image
Men like M. de Talleyrand are like sharp instruments with which it is dangerous to play. — Klemens von Metternich Copy Share Image
I have never feared that the revolution would be engendered by the universities; but that at them a whole generation of revolutionaries must be… — Klemens von Metternich Copy Share Image
In Europe democracy is a falsehood. I do not know where it will end, but it cannot end in a quiet old age. — Klemens von Metternich Copy Share Image
Any plan conceived in moderation must fail when the circumstances are set in extremes. — Klemens von Metternich Copy Share Image
The word 'Italy' is a geographical expression, a description which is useful shorthand, but has none of the political significance the efforts of the… — Klemens von Metternich Copy Share Image
