Otto Von Bismarck - remark, Aug. 11, 1867

Politics is the art of the possible.
Otto Von Bismarck
A really great man is known by three signs... generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.
Otto Von Bismarck
A special Providence protects fools, drunkards, small children and the United States of America.
Otto Von Bismarck - Bismarck and the German Empire by Erich Eyck
Beware of sentimental alliances where the consciousness of good deeds is the only compensation for noble sacrifices.
Otto Von Bismarck
Politics is the art of the possible.
(originally, "Die Politik ist die Lehre von M?glichen.")
Otto Von Bismarck
Show me an objective worthy of war and I will go along with you.

- Otto Von Bismarck - remark, Aug. 11, 1867