Politics are not a science based on logic; they are the capacity of always choosing at each instant, in constantly changing situations, the least harmful, the most useful.
OTTO VON BISMARCKPolitics are not a science based on logic; they are the capacity of always choosing at each instant, in constantly changing situations, the least harmful, the most useful.
OTTO VON BISMARCKAll treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with the struggle for existence.
OTTO VON BISMARCKBe polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
OTTO VON BISMARCKPolitics ruins the character.
OTTO VON BISMARCKWhoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.
OTTO VON BISMARCKThe secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
OTTO VON BISMARCKPeople never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.
OTTO VON BISMARCKBeware of sentimental alliances where the consciousness of good deeds is the only compensation for noble sacrifices.
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 BISMARCKI consider even a victorious war as an evil, from which statesmanship must endeavor to spare nations.
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 BISMARCKHounds follow those who feed them.
OTTO VON BISMARCKThe nation that has the schools has the future.
OTTO VON BISMARCKNever believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
OTTO VON BISMARCKHistory is simply a piece of paper covered with print: the main thing is to make history, not to write it.
OTTO VON BISMARCKWith a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.
OTTO VON BISMARCK