Friedrich von Schrötter

Friedrich Leopold Freiherr von Schrötter (1743 – 1815) was a Junker and Prussian government minister.

Quotes

 * Prussia was not a country with an army, but an army with a country.
 * Describing the reign of Frederick the Great;
 * This quote has also been attributed to Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau (9 March 1749 – 2 April 1791);
 * An early English source from 1872 simply uses the popular quote anonymously.