Frederick II Quotes
King of Prussia from 1740 to 1786, he was also known as Frederick the Great.
(1712 - 1786)
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A single Voltaire will do more honor to France than a thousand pedants, a thousand false wits, a thousand great men of inferior order.
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All Religions are equal and good, if only the people that practice them are honest people; and if Turks and heathens came and wanted to live here in this country, we would build them mosques and churches.
[Religion]
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All religions must be tolerated... for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
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Artillery adds dignity to what would otherwise be a vulgar brawl.
[War]
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Diplomacy without power is like an orchestra without instruments.
[Diplomacy]
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He who defends everything defends nothing.
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I am the first servant of my state.
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I begin by taking. I shall find scholars later to demonstrate my perfect right.
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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.
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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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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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Religion is the idol of the mob; it adores everything it does not understand.
[Religion]
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Religions must all be tolerated and the state has to keep an eye that none of them shall derogate the other, because here everyone must find his salvation in his own way.
[Religion]
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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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What is the good of experience if you do not reflect?
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