Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898), was a Prussian statesman and the first prime minister of the German Empire. He is one of the most deserving of the unification of the German states, the rapid economic development of Germany, one of the greatest masters of diplomacy. It is otherwise known as the Steel Chancellor. Some call him a political genius and others a demon of power. Below you can read some of his statements.
• Politics is not an exact science!
• Politics is the art of the possible!
• Politics destroys character!
• The big issue of the day will not be resolved with the means of speech and the decisions of the majority, but with iron and blood!
• People never lie more than after hunting, during war or before elections!
• The main thing is to make the story, not to write it!
• Anyone who has seen the faded sight of the soldier dying on the battlefield will think twice before starting a war!
• Never believe anything in politics until it is officially denied!
• Be polite; write diplomatically; even in the declaration of war, someone analyzes the rules of etiquette!
• With a gentleman I am always half a gentleman, and with a fraud I try to be half a fraud!
• When you want to deceive the world, tell the truth!
• All agreements with large states cease to be binding when they come into conflict with the struggle for existence!
• When a man says that he accepts something in principle, it means that he has not the slightest intention of putting it into practice!
• One day a big European war will happen because of some stupidity in the Balkans!
• The journalist is the person who made the wrong profession!
• Love is blind, friendship tries not to see anything!
• Anyone who talks about Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression!
• Opportunist is a person who seizes the most favorable opportunity to achieve the necessary and useful thing. This is also the duty of diplomacy!
• The stronger we are, the further the war is.
• Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made! /Telegraph/
