The quotations of

Otto von Bismarck

German statesman and Chancellor

1815–1898

6 quotes, most often on Politics and Truth & Lies.

When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
(born 1 April 1815), as quoted in American Speaker: Your Guide to Successful Speaking (1992) by Aram Bakshian.
- Truth & Lies
A man never lies as much as after a hunt, during a war, and before an election.
- Truth & Lies
Politics is the art of the possible.
Interview (11 August 1867) with Friedrich Meyer von Waldeck of the St. Petersburgische Zeitung: Aus den Erinnerungen eines russischen Publicisten. 2. Ein Stündchen beim Kanzler des norddeutschen Bundes. In: Die Gartenlaube (1876) p. 858 de.wikisource
- Politics
Politics is not an exact science.
Speech to Prussian upper house (18 December 1863)
- Politics
A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
Speech to North German Reichstag (24 September 1867)
- War & Peace
They treat me like a fox, a cunning fellow (Schlaukopf) of the first rank. But the truth is that with a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and when I have to do with a pirate, I try to be a pirate and a half.
To Gyula Andrássy (18 September 1877), as quoted in R. W. Seton-Watson, Disraeli, Gladstone, and the Eastern Question (1935), p. 224
- Character

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