Frederick William was a staunch Romanticist, and his devotion to this movement, which in the German States featured nostalgia for the Middle Ages, was largely responsible for his developing into a conservative at an early age.
Fridrik Vilim je bio odan romantizmu i ta će privrženost, koja je posebno u njemačkim državama oslikavala nostalgiju za starim vremenima biti uvelike odgovorna za razvitak konzervatizma u njegovim ranim godinama.