Author: Otto von Bismarck

Quotes

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

Politics is the art of the possible.

Politics is the art of the possible.

- 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

A statesman... must wait until he hears the steps of God sounding through events, then leap up and grasp the hem of His garment.

A statesman... must wait until he hears the steps of God sounding through events, then leap up and grasp the hem of His garment.

- Otto von Bismarck

Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.

Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.

- Otto von Bismarck

Politics is not an exact science.

Politics is not an exact science.

- Otto von Bismarck

A government must not waiver once it has chosen it's course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward.

A government must not waiver once it has chosen it's course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward.

- 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 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

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