Century Quote by Anonymous

“Bismarck once said, ‘Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.”

— Edward Luce

“Realpolitik for Bismarck depended on flexibility and on the ability to exploit every available option without the constraint of ideology.”

— Henry Kissinger

“it was the horror of the two world wars—Verdun, the Somme, Hiroshima—that led to our own era’s questioning of the tragic view of war.…

— Victor Davis Hanson

“Bismarck defined political intuition as the ability to hear, before anybody else, “the distant hoofbeats of history.”

— Michael Dobbs

“[Otto von Bismarck] only considered the interests of his own country - always the worst offense that a statesman can commit in the eyes…

— A.J.P. Taylor

Do you know out of what the German Empire arose? Out of dreams, songs, fantasies and black-red-gold ribbons? Bismarck merely shook the tree that…

— Theodor Herzl

In the early days of his reign, Bismarck confided to a friend that it would some day be necessary for Germany to confine William…

— Kelly Miller

“Friedrich von Bernhardi, one of Germany’s most influential military thinkers. Bernhardi believed the German people were destined to become the master race, who would…

— Paul Ham

“All the horrors of all the ages were brought together, and not only armies but whole populations were thrust into the midst of them.…

— Winston S. Churchill

“With snow-white hair and a massive forehead, Bismarck, in military uniform, welcomed Grant with both hands extended. Turning on the charm, he expressed surprise…

— Ron Chernow

War kills men, and men deplore the loss; but war also crushes bad principles and tyrants, and so saves societies.

— Charles Caleb Colton

“Kaiser Wilhelm II strengthened the military and launched Germany on an irresponsible combative journey. His arrogance proved to be his undoing.”

— Captain Hank Bracker, "Seawater One