The government should cultivate the view also among the propertyless classes of the population, those who are the most numerous and the least educated, that the state is not only an institution of necessity but also of welfare. By recognizable and direct advantages they must be led to look upon the state not as an agency devised solely for the protection of the better-situated classes of society but also as one serving their needs and interests.
Otto von BismarckNever fight with Russian. On your every stratagem they answer unpredictable stupidity.
Otto von BismarckRevolutions in Prussia are started by kings, and since it is a revolution, it is better to start it ourselves than to suffer of it
Otto von BismarckI do not regard the procuring of peace as a matter in which we should play the role of arbiter between different opinions ... more that of an honest broker who really wants to press the business forward.
Otto von BismarckThere are two things civilized Man should never see being made: Sausages and Laws.
Otto von Bismarck