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.
Otto von Bismarck
There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.
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.
Otto von Bismarck
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
A statesman... must wait until he hears the steps of God sounding through events, then leap up and grasp the hem of His garment.
Otto von Bismarck
No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
Otto von Bismarck
All treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with the struggle for existence.
Otto von Bismarck
Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
Otto von Bismarck
With 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