Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.
- Otto von Bismarck
Expression, Whoever, Speaks, Geographical
A statesman... must wait until he hears the steps of God sounding through events, then leap up and grasp the hem of His garment.
- Otto von Bismarck
Wait, Through, Statesman, Events
No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
- Otto von Bismarck
Civilization, Other, Which, Possessing
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
War, Will, Means, Decisions
Politics ruins the character.
- Otto von Bismarck
Character, Politics, Ruins
All treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with the struggle for existence.
- Otto von Bismarck
Existence, Cease, Treaties, Binding
Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
- Otto von Bismarck
Politics, Never, Been, Denied
When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.
- Otto von Bismarck
Practice, Principle, Means, Approve
Politics is not an exact science.
- Otto von Bismarck
Science, Politics, Exact
Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.
- Otto von Bismarck
Think, Will, Looked, Battlefield
When you say you agree to a thing in principle you mean that you have not the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.
- Otto von Bismarck
Practice, Mean, Principle, Slightest
There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.
- Otto von Bismarck
United States, Protects, Providence
An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
- Otto von Bismarck
Never, German, Finds, Hearts
The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
- Otto von Bismarck
Politics, Russia, Treaty
A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.
- Otto von Bismarck
Person, Journalist, Mistaken, Calling
A government must not waiver once it has chosen it's course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward.
- Otto von Bismarck
Government, Left, Once, Chosen
Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
- Otto von Bismarck
War, Polite, Even, Declaration
The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
- Otto von Bismarck
History, Main Thing, Main, Write
People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election.
- Otto von Bismarck
Election, Never, Hunt, Much
When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
- Otto von Bismarck
Truth, World, Want, Fool
I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
- Otto von Bismarck
Sight, Three, Seen, Inspiring
Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
- Otto von Bismarck
Legal, Better, See, Sausages
To retain respect for sausages and laws, one must not watch them in the making.
- Otto von Bismarck
Watch, Making, Laws, Sausages
With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.
- Otto von Bismarck
I Am, Always, Half, Try
Politics is the art of the possible.
- Otto von Bismarck
Art, Politics, Possible
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