Famous Otto von Bismarck Quotes

  • man cannot control the current of events. he can only float with them and steer – Otto von Bismarck

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

  • Fools say that they learn by experience. I prefer to profit by others experience. – Otto von Bismarck

    Fools say that they learn by experience. I prefer to profit by others experience.– Otto von Bismarck

  • People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt. – Otto von Bismarck

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

  • An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts. – Otto von Bismarck

    An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.– Otto von Bismarck

  • Politics is the art of the possible, the attainable -” the art of the next best – Otto von Bismarck

    Politics is the art of the possible, the attainable -” the art of the next best– Otto von Bismarck

  • [Government]is cancerous in head and limbs;only its belly is sound, and the laws it excretes are the most strightforward shit in the world. – Otto von Bismarck

    [Government]is cancerous in head and limbs;only its belly is sound, and the laws it excretes are the most strightforward shit in the world.– Otto von Bismarck

  • The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia. – Otto von Bismarck

    The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.– Otto von Bismarck

  • Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied. – Otto von Bismarck

    Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.– Otto von Bismarck

  • the main thing is to make history not to write it – Otto von Bismarck

    the main thing is to make history not to write it– 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

    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