Author: Otto von Bismarck

Quotes

People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election.

People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election.

- Otto von Bismarck

Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.

Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.

- Otto von Bismarck

The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.

The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.

- Otto von Bismarck

Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.

Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.

- Otto von Bismarck

An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.

An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.

- Otto von Bismarck

When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.

When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.

- Otto von Bismarck

Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.

Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.

- Otto von Bismarck

All treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with the struggle for existence.

All treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with the struggle for existence.

- Otto von Bismarck

The main thing is to make history, not to write it.

The main thing is to make history, not to write it.

- Otto von Bismarck

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