"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"Politics is the art of the possible."
Otto von Bismarck"Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied."
Otto von Bismarck"The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia."
Otto von Bismarck"People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election."
Otto von Bismarck"Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness."
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"Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made."
Otto von Bismarck