The great questions of the time are not decided by speeches and majority decisions—that was the error of 1848 and 1849 —but by iron and blood.


Speech to the Prussian Diet [September 30, 1862]

Otto von Bismarck Quotes

The great questions of the time are not decided by speeches and majority decisions—that was the error of 1848 and 1849 —but by iron and blood.

The great questions of the time are not decided by speeches and majority decisions—that was the error of 1848 and 1849 —but by iron and blood.

The great questions of the time are not decided by speeches and majority decisions—that was the error of 1848 and 1849 —but by iron and blood.

The great questions of the time are not decided by speeches and majority decisions—that was the error of 1848 and 1849 —but by iron and blood.