It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.
~ Otto Von Bismarck
The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
Politics is the art of the possible, the attainable — the art of the next best
An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
Fools say that they learn by experience. I prefer to profit by others experience.
Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.
Hounds follow those who feed them.
Crowned heads, wealth and privilege may well tremble should ever again the Black and Red unite!-after the split between Anarchists and Marxists in 1872
The main thing is to make history, not to write it
People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.
History is simply a piece of paper covered with print the main thing is still to make history not to write it.
To retain respect for sausages and laws, one must not watch them in the making.
The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.
Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.
People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election.
The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
Politics is the art of the possible.
Politics ruins the character.
A government must not waiver once it has chosen it's course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward.
Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
