black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

All treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with the struggle for existence.

Otto von Bismarck

Related Topics

Cease Conflict Existence Struggle

Bagwalas

Popular Authors

Marilyn Monroe Paulo Coelho Abraham Lincoln C. S. Lewis Khalil Gibran Charlie Chaplin Gautama Buddha Isaac Newton

I consider even a victorious war as an evil, from which statesmanship must endeavor to spare nations.
OTTO VON BISMARCK

Consideration Endeavor Evil Nation Spare Victory War
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

Blood Decision Iron Majority Question Settle Speech
The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
OTTO VON BISMARCK

History Writing
A bad plan that is well executed will yield much better results than a good plan that is poorly executed.
OTTO VON BISMARCK

Execution Planning Poor Result Yield
Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.
OTTO VON BISMARCK

Ability History Horse Judgment Leadership Politics
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.
OTTO VON BISMARCK

Agree Carry Intention Practice Principle
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 BISMARCK

Change Choose Constant Instant Logic Politics Science Situation
Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
OTTO VON BISMARCK

Law Rule See
The nation that has the schools has the future.
OTTO VON BISMARCK

Future Nation School
Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
OTTO VON BISMARCK

Believe Deny Official Politics
The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
OTTO VON BISMARCK

Country Politics Secret
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

Die Eyes Soldier Start War
A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
OTTO VON BISMARCK

Army Border Conquer Eloquence
What we learn from History is that no one learns from History.
OTTO VON BISMARCK

History Learning
Politics is not an exact science.
OTTO VON BISMARCK

Exact One Liner Politics Science
Hounds follow those who feed them.
OTTO VON BISMARCK

Dog Feed Follow One Liner Pet

Copyright: 2020 - 2023 | Minimalist Quotes

Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'imagick.so' (tried: /usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20200930/imagick.so (/usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20200930/imagick.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory), /usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20200930/imagick.so.so (/usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20200930/imagick.so.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)) in Unknown on line 0