150 Quotes by Otto von Bismarck

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

A bad plan that is well executed will yield much better results than a good plan that is poorly executed.

When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.

Great men have great dogs.

With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.

He obtained from Congress the right to borrow from the people by selling to it the 'bonds' of States ... and the Government and the nation escaped the plots of the foreign financiers. They understood at once, that the United States would escape their grip. The death of Lincoln was resolved upon.

A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.

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.

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