ðɪs klˈeɪm ænd hɪz stˈaɪl ʌv ˌɑːɹɡjuːmˈɛnʃən ɪz ˈæptli sˈʌmd ˌʌp ɪn hɪz dˈɪktəm "nˈɜː wʌz ʃˈæltbɑːɹ ˈɪst, ˈɪst ˈuːbɚhˌɔːpt"—ɐ fɹˈeɪz ðæt kʊd biː tɹænslˈeɪɾᵻd æz "ˈoʊnli ðæt wˌɪtʃ ɪz swˈɪtʃəbəl, ɛɡzˈɪsts" ɔːɹ mˈoːɹ fɹˈiːli, "ˈoʊnli ðæt wˌɪtʃ kæn biː swˈɪtʃt, kæn bˈiː."
This claim and his style of argumention is aptly summed up in his dictum "Nur was schaltbar ist, ist überhaupt"—a phrase that could be translated as "Only that which is switchable, exists" or more freely, "Only that which can be switched, can be."