Otto von Bismarck Quotes

Otto von Bismarck — German Leader born on April 01, 1815, died on June 30, 1898

Otto Eduard Leopold, Prince of Bismarck, Duke of Lauenburg, known as Otto von Bismarck, was a conservative Prussian statesman who dominated German and European affairs from the 1860s until 1890. In the 1860s he engineered a series of wars that unified the German states into a powerful German Empire under Prussian leadership. With that accomplished by 1871 he skillfully used balance of power diplomacy to preserve German hegemony in a Europe which, despite many disputes and war scares, remained at peace. For historian Eric Hobsbawm, it was Bismarck who "remained undisputed world champion at the game of multilateral diplomatic chess for almost twenty years after 1871, devoted himself exclusively, and successfully, to maintaining peace between the powers.".. (wikipedia)

People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election.

The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.

Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.

There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.

I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.