150 Quotes by Otto von Bismarck

He who has his thumb on the purse has the power.

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

I am accustomed to pay men back in their own coin.

You can do everything with bayonets, but you are not able to sit on them

A generation that has taken a beating is always followed by a generation that deals one.

I have never lived on principles. When I have had to act, I never first asked myself on what principles I was going to act, but I went at it and did what I thought fit. I have often reproached myself for my want of principle.

A Bavarian is half-way between an Austrian and a human being.

I consider even a victorious war as an evil, from which statesmanship must endeavor to spare nations.

Better pointed bullets than pointed words.