Otto von Bismarck Quotes

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

Politics is the art of the possible.

Otto von Bismarck

Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.

Otto von Bismarck

The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.

Otto von Bismarck

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

Otto von Bismarck

Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.

Otto von Bismarck

Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.

Otto von Bismarck

Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.

Otto von Bismarck