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 BISMARCKAnyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.
OTTO VON BISMARCKWhen you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
OTTO VON BISMARCKBe polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
OTTO VON BISMARCKThe secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
OTTO VON BISMARCKGovernment is cancerous in head and limbs;only its belly is sound, and the laws it excretes are the most strightforward shit in the world.
OTTO VON BISMARCKPeople never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.
OTTO VON BISMARCKA government must not waiver once it has chosen its course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward.
OTTO VON BISMARCKI am bored. The great things are done. The German Reich is made.
OTTO VON BISMARCKLove is blind; friendship tries not to notice.
OTTO VON BISMARCKWhen you say you agree to a thing in principle you mean that you have not the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.
OTTO VON BISMARCKOnly a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.
OTTO VON BISMARCKPolitics ruins the character.
OTTO VON BISMARCKBeware of sentimental alliances where the consciousness of good deeds is the only compensation for noble sacrifices.
OTTO VON BISMARCKNever believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
OTTO VON BISMARCKNo civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
OTTO VON BISMARCKA journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.
OTTO VON BISMARCK