In looking back upon this situation, we have lamentable proof of the degree of dishonesty and cosmopolitanism to which political parties with us atta… - Otto von Bismarck

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In looking back upon this situation, we have lamentable proof of the degree of dishonesty and cosmopolitanism to which political parties with us attained when actuated by party hatred. Something similar may have happened elsewhere; but I know of no other country where
the universal national feeling and love for the whole Fatherland offered so little resistance to the excesses of party passion as with us.

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About Otto von Bismarck

Prince Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck, Duke of Lauenburg (1 April 1815 – 30 July 1898), was a German aristocrat and statesman; he was Minister President of Prussia (1862–1890), and the first Chancellor of Germany (1871–1890). Nicknamed the Iron Chancellor, he is noted for his laconic remarks.

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Alternative Names: Otto Eduard Leopold, Prince of Bismarck, Duke of Lauenburg Iron Chancellor Prince Bismarck Eduard Leopold, Prince von Bismarck-Schönhausen Otto Eduard Leopold Otto von Bismarck-Schönhausen Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck-Schönhausen Fürst von Bismarck von Bismarck Bismarck
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