German statesman and strategist.
“Politics is the art of the possible.”
“A great statesman is he who knows when to depart from traditions.”
“The main thing is to make history, not to write it.”
“Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.”
“People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.”
“Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.”
“Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.”
“The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.”
“Preventive war is like committing suicide for fear of death.”
“The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.”
