Otto von Bismarck

The luxury of one's own opinion.

— Otto von Bismarck

The nation that has the schools has the future.

— Otto von Bismarck

Better pointed bullets than pointed words.

— Otto von Bismarck

Politics is not a science...but an art.

— Otto von Bismarck

He who has his thumb on the purse has the power.

— Otto von Bismarck

Let them stew in their own grease (or juice).

— Otto von Bismarck

My subject is my life, and my life is my subject.

— Otto von Bismarck

I am accustomed to pay men back in their own coin.

— Otto von Bismarck

History is simply a piece of paper covered with print: the main thing is to make history, not to write it.

— Otto von Bismarck

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

— Otto von Bismarck

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

— Otto von Bismarck

The Catholic priest, from the moment he becomes a priest, is a sworn officer of the pope.

— Otto von Bismarck

All treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with the struggle for existence.

— Otto von Bismarck

“In order to retain a certain respect for sausages and laws, one must not see them being made.”

— Otto von Bismarck

You can do everything with bayonets, but you are not able to sit on them

— Otto von Bismarck

I am bored. The great things are done. The German Reich is made.

— Otto von Bismarck

Fools you are who say you like to learn from your mistakes. I prefer to learn from the mistakes of others, and…

— Otto von Bismarck

The Americans are a very lucky people. They're bordered to the north and south by weak neighbors, and to the east and…

— Otto von Bismarck

There is only one greater folly than that of the fool who says in his heart there is no God, and that…

— Otto von Bismarck

I have never lived on principles. When I have had to act, I never first asked myself on what principles I was…

— Otto von Bismarck

In England the more horses a nobleman has, the more popular he is. So long as the English are devoted to racing,…

— Otto von Bismarck

I have always found the word 'Europe' on the lips of those who wanted something from others which they dared not demand…

— Otto von Bismarck

Your map of Africa is really quite nice. But my map of Africa lies in Europe. Here is Russia, and here... is…

— Otto von Bismarck

Fools you are. To say you learn by your experience. I prefer to profit by others' mistakes and avoid the price of…

— Otto von Bismarck

The death of Lincoln was a disaster for Christendom. There was no man in the United States great enough to wear his…

— Otto von Bismarck

Politics is not an exact science.

— Otto von Bismarck

When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.

— Otto von Bismarck

Better pointed bullets than pointed speeches

— Otto Von Bismarck

To retain respect for sausages and laws, one must not watch them in the making.

— Otto von Bismarck

Politics is like sausages, you don't want to watch either being made.

— Otto von Bismarck

No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.

— Otto von Bismarck

God always looks after the fools and — and the United States.

— Otto von Bismarck

Politics is not a science, as the professors are apt to suppose. It is an art.

— Otto von Bismarck

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

— Otto von Bismarck

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

— Otto von Bismarck

There are two things civilized Man should never see being made: Sausages and Laws.

— Otto von Bismarck

Never fight with Russian. On your every stratagem they answer unpredictable stupidity.

— Otto von Bismarck

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

A really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.

— Otto von Bismarck

Politics is the art of the possible, the attainable — the art of the next best

— Otto von Bismarck