Otto von Bismarck Quotes

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

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

Politics is the art of the possible, the attainable — the art of the next best

Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.

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

the main thing is to make history not to write it

Politics ruins the character.

There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.

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

With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.

When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.

When you say you agree to a thing in principle you mean that you have not the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.

Better pointed bullets than pointed words.

There is only one greater folly than that of the fool who says in his heart there is no God, and that is the folly of the people that says with its head that it does not know whether there is a God or not.

A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.

Politics is not an exact science.

I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.