3 December 2020 Otto von Bismarck The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.
3 December 2020 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.
3 December 2020 Otto von Bismarck Be polite write diplomatically even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
3 December 2020 Otto von Bismarck People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election.
3 December 2020 Otto von Bismarck Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
3 December 2020 Otto von Bismarck To retain respect for sausages and laws, one must not watch them in the making.
3 December 2020 Otto von Bismarck Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.