"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
GreatView Quote
"Be polite write diplomatically even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.“
-Otto von Bismarck
posted in War
Other Quotes by Otto von Bismarck
Discover more inspiring quotes by Otto von Bismarck
"The main thing is to make history, not to write it."
-Otto von Bismarck
HistoryView Quote
"Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied."
-Otto von Bismarck
PoliticsView Quote
"The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia."
-Otto von Bismarck
PoliticsView Quote
"An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts."
-Otto von Bismarck
FearView Quote
"People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election."
-Otto von Bismarck
WarView Quote
Same Category
More quotes in this category
"Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war love is a growing up."
-James A. Baldwin
WarView Quote
"Only the person who has experienced light and darkness, war and peace, rise and fall, only that person has truly experienced life."
-Stefan Zweig
WarView Quote
"War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength."
-George Orwell
WarView Quote
"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse."
-John Stuart Mill
WarView Quote
"The first casualty when war comes is truth."
-Hiram Johnson
WarView Quote
"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."
-Albert Einstein
WarView Quote