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13 quotes by Frederick the Great

Frederick II Portrait of King Frederick II by Anton Graff, painted in 1781 King of Prussia Elector of Brandenburg Reign 31 May 1740 – 17 August 1786 Predecessor Frederick William I Successor Frederick William II Chief Minister List Heinrich von Podewils Georg Dietlof von Arnim-Boitzenburg Count Karl-Wilhelm Finck von Finckenstein Friedrich Anton von Heinitz Spouse Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Bevern House House of Hohenzollern Father...
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Religion is the idol of the mob; it adores everything it does not understand.

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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.

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Every man has a wild beast within him.

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A crown is merely a hat that lets the rain in.

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An educated people can be easily governed.

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Don't forget your great guns, which are the most respectable arguments of the rights of kings.

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He who defends everything defends nothing.

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

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If my soldiers were to begin to think, not one of them would remain in the army.

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What is the good of experience if you do not reflect?

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It seems to me that man is made to act rather than to know: the principles of things escape our most persevering researches.

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Rogues, would you live forever?

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I begin by taking. I shall find scholars later to demonstrate my perfect right.

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