Author: Otto von Bismarck

Quotes

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

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

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

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 next best.

Politics is the art of the next best.

- 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

To retain respect for sausages and laws, one must not watch them in the making.

To retain respect for sausages and laws, one must not watch them in the making.

- 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

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