150 Quotes by Otto von Bismarck

Politics is the art of the possible, the attainable — the art of the next best

It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.

Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.

Nur ein Idiot glaubt, aus eigenen Erfahrungen zu lernen. Ich ziehe es vor, aus den Erfahrungen anderer zu lernen, um von vorneherein eigene Fehler zu vermeiden.

man cannot control the current of events. he can only float with them and steer

People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.

If this political business teaches you one thing, it is that you can be as wise as the wise men of this world, and yet you always wander into the next minute like a child into the dark.

What we learn from history is that no one learns from history

We live in a wondrous time, in which the strong is weak because of his scruples and the weak grows strong because of his audacity.