Quotes by Otto von Bismarck

“Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.””

“Laws are like sausages. It's better not to see them being made.””

“It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.””

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

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

“man cannot control the current of events. he can only float with them and steer””

“Faust complained about having two souls in his breast, but I harbor a whole crowd of them and they quarrel. It is like being in a republic.””

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

“Fools say that they learn by experience. I prefer to profit by others experience.””

“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””

“Hounds follow those who feed them.””

“Politics are not a science based on logic; they are the capacity of always choosing at each instant, in constantly changing situations, the least harmful, the most useful.””