Quote: A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling. [Otto Bismarck]
Quote: The main thing is to make history, not to write it. [Otto Bismarck]
Quote: The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood. [Otto Bismarck]
Quote: Laws are like sausages. It is better not to see them being made. [Otto Bismarck]
Quote: Politics is not an exact science. [Otto Bismarck]
Quote: I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring. [Otto Bismarck]
Quote: Politics is the art of the next best. [Otto Bismarck]
Quote: When you want to fool the world, tell the truth. [Otto Bismarck]
Quote: Better pointed bullets than pointed speeches. [Otto Bismarck]
Quote: Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war. [Otto Bismarck]
Quote: An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts. [Otto Bismarck]
Quote: With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half. [Otto Bismarck]
Quote: 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 Bismarck]
Quote: 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 Bismarck]
Quote: All treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with the struggle for existence. [Otto Bismarck]
Quote: An appeal to fear never fin s an echo in German hearts. [Otto Bismarck]
Quote: Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness. [Otto Bismarck]
Quote: Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied. [Otto Bismarck]
Quote: No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing. [Otto Bismarck]
Quote: People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election. [Otto Bismarck]
Quote: Politics is the art of the possible. [Otto Bismarck]
Quote: Politics ruins the character. [Otto Bismarck]
Quote: The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia. [Otto Bismarck]
Quote: There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America. [Otto Bismarck]
Quote: To retain respect for sausages and laws, one must not watch them in the making. [Otto Bismarck]