There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.
Otto von BismarckOnly a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.
Otto von BismarckThe 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 Bismarck