With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half. - (Bismarck, Otto Von - Behavior)

An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts. - (Bismarck, Otto Von - Fear)

The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood. - (Bismarck, Otto Von - Force)

A government must not waiver once it has chosen it's course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward. - (Bismarck, Otto Von - Government)

The main thing is to make history, not to write it. - (Bismarck, Otto Von - History and Historians)

A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling. - (Bismarck, Otto Von - Journalism and Journalists)

Laws are like sausages. It is better not to see them being made. - (Bismarck, Otto Von - Law and Lawyers)

When a man says that he approves something in principal, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of putting it in practice. - (Bismarck, Otto Von - Negotiation)

I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring. - (Bismarck, Otto Von - Nudity)

Politics is not an exact science. - (Bismarck, Otto Von - Politicians and Politics)

Politics is the art of the next best. - (Bismarck, Otto Von - Politicians and Politics)

Better pointed bullets than pointed speeches. - (Bismarck, Otto Von - Speech)

When you want to fool the world, tell the truth. - (Bismarck, Otto Von - Truth)

Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war. - (Bismarck, Otto Von - War)