Otto Von Bismarck
Prince Otto von Bismarck, Duke of Lauenburg (April 1, 1815 July 30, 1898) was one of the most prominent European aristocrats and statesmen of the nineteenth century. As Prime Minister of Prussia from 1862 to 1890, he engineered the unification of the numerous states of Germany. From 1867 on, he additionally was Chancellor of the North German Confederation. The latter was enlarged in 1871 to the German Empire, as the first Chancellor of which Bismarck served until 1890. He is nicknamed the Iron Chancellor.
14 Quotes
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 Von Bismarck
An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
— Otto Von Bismarck
The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.
— Otto Von Bismarck
A government must not waiver once it has chosen its course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward.
— Otto Von Bismarck
The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
— Otto Von Bismarck
A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.
— Otto Von Bismarck
Laws are like sausages. It is better not to see them being made.
— Otto Von Bismarck
When a man says that he approves something in principal, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of putting it in practice.
— Otto Von Bismarck
I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
— Otto Von Bismarck
Politics is not an exact science.
— Otto Von Bismarck
Politics is the art of the next best.
— Otto Von Bismarck
Better pointed bullets than pointed speeches.
— Otto Von Bismarck
When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
— 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