Otto Von Bismarck quotes

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

Politics ruins the character.

People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election.

An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.

Politics is the art of the next best.

The main thing is to make history, not to write it.

The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.

Politics is not an exact science.

Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.

A government must not waiver once it has chosen its course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward.

The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.

Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.

The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.

Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.

Politics is not an exact science.

Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.

The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.

When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.

The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.

Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.

Politics is the art of the possible.

Politics is the art of the possible.

People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election.

All treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with the struggle for existence.