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
Love is blind; friendship tries not to notice.
The statesman's task is to hear God's footsteps marching through history, and to try and catch on to His coattails as He marches past.
Earthly majesty is always akin to the fallen angel, who is proud and unhappy, beautiful but troubled, and whose plans and efforts, though vast, are denied access.
I have often regretted what I have eaten, but never what I have drunk.
When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
You can't destroy the polish national-consciousness or Poles on the battlefield, but if you give them power, they will destroy themselves
Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.
Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
You can do anything with children if you only play with them.
Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.
It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.
Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others.
man cannot control the current of events. he can only float with them and steer
A bad plan that is well executed will yield much better results than a good plan that is poorly executed.