Otto von Bismarck Quotes - Page 3

Politics are not a science based on logic; they are the capacity of always choosing at each instant, in constantly changing situations, the least harmful, the most useful.

A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.

There is only one greater folly than that of the fool who says in his heart there is no God, and that is the folly of the people that says with its head that it does not know whether there is a God or not.

Great men have great dogs.

There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.

The Balkans arent worth the life of a single Pomeranian grenadier.

Love is blind; friendship tries not to notice.

Beware of sentimental alliances where the consciousness of good deeds is the only compensation for noble sacrifices.

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

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

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

Fools you are who say you like to learn from your mistakes. I prefer to learn from the mistakes of others, and avoid the cost of my own.

Nothing should be left to an invaded people except their eyes for weeping.

A government must not waiver once it has chosen its course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward.

Universal suffrage is the government of a house by its nursery.

You can do anything with children if you only play with them.

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

Faust complained about having two souls in his breast, but I harbor a whole crowd of them and they quarrel. It is like being in a republic.

A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.

Better pointed bullets than pointed words.

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

I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.

Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.

Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others.

Show me an objective worthy of war and I will go along with you.