Otto von Bismarck Quotes
When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
Politics is the art of the possible.
Preventive war is like committing suicide for fear of death.
The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.
A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
Politics is not an exact science. It is an art.
All treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with the struggle for existence.
Beware of sentimental alliances where the consciousness of good deeds is the only compensation for noble sacrifices.
Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others.
It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.
When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.
Not by speeches and votes of the majority, are the great questions of the time decided — that was the error of 1848 and 1849 — but by iron and blood.
A really great man is known by three signs... generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.
Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
A government must not waiver once it has chosen it's course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward.
They treat me like a fox, a cunning fellow of the first rank. But the truth is that with a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and when I have to do with a pirate, I try to be a pirate and a half.
