About Otto von Bismarck:
Otto Eduard Leopold, Prince of Bismarck, Duke of Lauenburg was a conservative Prussian statesman who dominated German and European affairs from the 1860s until 1890. In the 1860s he engineered a series of wars that unified the German states (excluding Austria) into a powerful German Empire under Prussian leadership. With that accomplished by 1871 he skillfully used balance of power diplomacy to preserve German hegemony in a Europe which, despite many disputes and war scares, remained at peace. For historian Eric Hobsbawm, it was Bismarck, who "remained undisputed world champion at the game of multilateral diplomatic chess for almost twenty years after 1871, [and] devoted himself exclusively, and successfully, to maintaining peace between the powers."
There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.
Otto von BismarckNo civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
Otto von BismarckPolitical judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.
Otto von Bismarck