Not by speeches and votes of the majority, are the great questions of the time decided — that was the error of 1848 and 1849 — but by iron and blood. - Otto von Bismarck

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Not by speeches and votes of the majority, are the great questions of the time decided — that was the error of 1848 and 1849 — but by iron and blood.

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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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The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood

Not through speeches and majority decisions will the great questions of the day be decided...but by iron and blood.

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G. wollte ohne Zweifel, wenn nicht der unmittelbare Nachfolger M.s, doch früher oder später Minister werden. Er hatte auch das Zeug dazu, viel mehr als A., weil er weniger Eitelkeit und mehr Patriotismus und Charakter besaß; freilich auch mehr Zorn und Galle, die sich vermöge der ihm innewohnenden Energie als Subtrahenda von seiner praktischen Leistung geltend machten.

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