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
He who has his thumb on the purse has the power.
I do not regard the procuring of peace as a matter in which we should play the role of arbiter between different opinions ... more that of an honest broker who really wants to press the business forward.
Let them stew in their own grease (or juice).
My subject is my life, and my life is my subject.
Universal suffrage is the government of a house by its nursery.
A government must not waiver once it has chosen its course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward.
They treat me like a fox, a cunning fellow ( Schlaukopf ) 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 do with a pirate, I try to be a pirate and a half.
No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.
Politics is like sausages, you don't want to watch either being made.
A Bavarian is half-way between an Austrian and a human being.
War should only be used for a policy worth its sacrifices.
Politics is not an exact science.
Nothing should be left to an invaded people except their eyes for weeping.