Otto von Bismarck

"Loyalty is the Keynote of all honour"

"The love of a people is their sole protection"

"If one doesn't know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable"

"Know thyself! If I knew myself, I would run away"

"The strength of a nation is measured by the character of its citizens"

"I have tried being nice and it did not work. I am determined to be equal to anything"

"A man without religion is like a horse without a bridle"

"Time is the best interpreter of every doubtful matter"

"Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others"

"My first wife died from overwork, my second wife from love, my third wife from love"

"The German Empire has been a benefit to the world"

"Money is power, and power is money"

"To retain respect for sausages and laws, one must not watch them in the making"

"The main thing is to have courage. The rest will follow"

"I have always endeavored to conceal my efforts and to write as if the matter came easily to me"

"What we can do is to succeed on the field of battle"

"This man does not want war"

"It is the custom of the world to pretend to despise a man who has been in prison for a long time"

"I have always been of the opinion that a lie that cannot do any harm is preferable to a truth that serves no purpose"

"The memory of my childhood is like the memory of a dream"

"A man with a gun is a peer"

"Remember that the greatest power belongs to those who understand how to listen"

"Before fighting, one must know the enemy and oneself"

"The art of life is knowing which line not to cross"

"I am a conservative, but not because of what I conserve, but because of what would be lost without conservation"

"Politics is the art of saying 'nice doggie' till you have found a rock"

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts"

"The great questions of our age cannot be solved by speeches and majority votes, but by iron and blood"

"I consider the first signs of despair as the best time to attack"

"It is better to be a young June bug than an old bird of paradise"