Famous Quotes

Quotes by Otto Von Bismarck

• A government must not waiver once it has chosen it's course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward.
• An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
• Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.
• Be polite write diplomatically even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
• Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
• Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
• People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election.
• Politics is not an exact science.
• Politics is the art of the next best.
• Politics is the art of the possible.
• Politics ruins the character.
• The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.
• The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
• The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
• To retain respect for sausages and laws, one must not watch them in the making.
• When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.