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 BismarckYou can't destroy the polish national-consciousness or Poles on the battlefield, but if you give them power, they will destroy themselves
Otto von Bismarck