Otto Von Bismarck Quotes
Top 100 wise famous quotes and sayings by Otto Von Bismarck
Otto Von Bismarck Famous Quotes & Sayings
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A statesman ... must wait until he hears the steps of God sounding through events, then leap up and grasp the hem of His garment.
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.
We live in a wondrous time, in which the strong is weak because of his scruples and the weak grows strong because of his audacity.
Revolutions in Prussia are started by kings, and since it is a revolution, it is better to start it ourselves than to suffer of it
In England the more horses a nobleman has, the more popular he is. So long as the English are devoted to racing, Socialism has no chance with you.
[Government]is cancerous in head and limbs;only its belly is sound, and the laws it excretes are the most strightforward shit in the world.
People who love sausage and people who believe in justice should never watch either of them being made
This policy cannot succeed through speeches, and shooting-matches, and songs; it can only be carried out through blood and iron.
The most significant event of the 20th century will be the fact that the North Americans speak English.
We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world; and it is the fear of God, which lets us love and foster peace.
Woe to the leader whose arguments at the end of a war are not as plausible as they were at the beginning.
You can't destroy the polish national-consciousness or Poles on the battlefield, but if you give them power, they will destroy themselves
The Americans are a very lucky people. They're bordered to the north and south by weak neighbors, and to the east and west by fish.
I consider even a victorious war as an evil, from which statesmanship must endeavor to spare nations.
I have always found the word 'Europe' on the lips of those who wanted something from others which they dared not demand in their own names!
Beware of sentimental alliances where the consciousness of good deeds is the only compensation for noble sacrifices.
A really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.
Faust complained about having two souls in his breast, but I harbor a whole crowd of them and they quarrel. It is like being in a republic.
A government must not waiver once it has chosen it's course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward.
Fools you are. To say you learn by your experience. I prefer to profit by others' mistakes and avoid the price of my own.
The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood
Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war
With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.
A bad plan that is well executed will yield much better results than a good plan that is poorly executed.
Fools you are who say you like to learn from your mistakes. I prefer to learn from the mistakes of others, and avoid the cost of my own.