He obtained from Congress the right to borrow from the people by selling to it the 'bonds' of States ... and the Government and the nation escaped the plots of the foreign financiers. They understood at once, that the United States would escape their grip. The death of Lincoln was resolved upon.
Otto von BismarckI consider even a victorious war as an evil, from which statesmanship must endeavor to spare nations.
Otto von Bismarck