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

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the main thing is to make history not to write it

Otto von Bismarck

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The statesman's task is to hear God's footsteps marching through history, and to try and catch on to His coattails as He marches past.

Otto von Bismarck


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Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.

Otto von Bismarck


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Hounds follow those who feed them.

Otto von Bismarck

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

Otto von Bismarck

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

Otto von Bismarck

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Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.

Otto von Bismarck


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Politics ruins the character

Otto von Bismarck

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It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.

Otto von Bismarck

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