Share this page: The great questions of our day cannot be solved by speeches and majority votes... but by iron and blood. -- Otto von Bismarck, speech to the Prussian Budget Commission, 1862 The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia. -- Otto von Bismarck, 1863 Politics is not an exact science. -- Otto von Bismarck, 1863 Politics is the art of the possible. -- Otto von Bismarck, 1867 When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of putting it into practice. -- Otto von Bismarck, attributed Laws are like sausages. It's better not to see them being made. -- Otto von Bismarck Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war. -- Otto von Bismarck, 1867 Let us... put Germany in the saddle. She will know well enough how to ride! -- Otto von Bismarck, 1867 Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression. -- Otto von Bismarck, 1876 We Germans fear God and nothing else on earth; and it is the fear of God, and nothing else, that makes us love and cherish peace. -- Otto von Bismarck, 1888 If there is ever another war in Europe, it will come out of some damned silly thing in the Balkans. -- Otto von Bismarck, remark to Ballen, shortlybefore Bismarck's death (attributed). Share this page:

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