Otto von Bismarck
Otto von Bismarck
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, significantly and deliberately excluding Austria, 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...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth1 April 1815
CitySchonhausen, Germany
CountryGermany
Otto von Bismarck quotes about
Laws are like medicine; they generally cure an evil by a lesser or a passing evil.
The less people know about how sausages and laws are made, the better they'll sleep at night
Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
Life has taught me to forgive much, but to seek forgiveness still more.
If you like laws and sausages, you should never watch either one being made.
A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.
In England the more horses a nobleman has, the more popular he is. So long as the English are devoted to racing, Socialism has no chance with you.
Laws are like sausages. You sleep far better the less you know about how they are made.
Never fight with Russian. On your every stratagem they answer unpredictable stupidity.
Fools you are. To say you learn by your experience. I prefer to profit by others' mistakes and avoid the price of my own.
Let us put Germany, so to speak, in the saddle! you will see that she can ride.
A bad plan that is well executed will yield much better results than a good plan that is poorly executed.
Love is blind; friendship tries not to notice.
Physicians still retain something of their priestly origin; they would gladly do what they forbid.