Top Ten Best Otto von Bismarck Quotes
Nicknamed the Iron Chancellor, Prince Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck, Duke of Lauenburg was a German aristocrat, statesman, Minister President of Prussia, & the first Chancellor of Germany.The Top Ten
1 Better pointed bullets than pointed speeches.
2 Not by speeches and votes of the majority, are the great questions of the time decided - but by iron and blood.
3 A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
4 The wolf cannot help it that he was created by God the way he is, but one shoots him yet, if one can.
5 They treat me like a fox, a cunning fellow of the first rank. But the truth is that with a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and when I have to deal with a pirate, I try to be a pirate and a half.
6 Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.
7 Preventive war is like committing suicide for fear of death.
8 A statesman cannot create anything himself. He must wait and listen until he hears the steps of God sounding through events; then leap up and grasp the hem of His garment.
9 When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
10 Politics is not an exact science ... but an art.
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