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Otto von Bismarck [1815-1898] German

Rank: 11
Leader, Statesman

Otto Eduard Leopold, Prince of Bismarck, Duke of Lauenburg, known as Otto von Bismarck, was a conservative Prussian statesman who dominated German and European affairs from the 1860s until 1890.

Politics, War, Government, Great, Fear, History, Respect, Science, Truth

Quote	Tags	Rank
The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.	Great, War	101
To retain respect for sausages and laws, one must not watch them in the making.	Respect	102
When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.	Truth	103
A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.		104
Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.	Politics	105
When you say you agree to a thing in principle you mean that you have not the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.		106
There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.		107
People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election.	War	108
I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.		109
Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.	Government	110
Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.	War	111
An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.	Fear	112
All treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with the struggle for existence.	Great	113
Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.	War	114
Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.		115
Politics is not an exact science.	Politics, Science	116
When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.		117
The main thing is to make history, not to write it.	History	118
Politics is the art of the possible.	Politics	119
With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.		120
Politics is the art of the next best.	Politics	121
A statesman... must wait until he hears the steps of God sounding through events, then leap up and grasp the hem of His garment.		122
The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.	Politics	123
A government must not waiver once it has chosen it's course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward.	Government	124
Politics ruins the character.	Politics	125
No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.		126

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