Bismarck
Iron Chancellor of Germany
Modern
influential
103 sayings
Sayings by Bismarck
Your map of Africa is really quite nice. But my map of Africa lies in Europe. Here is Russia, and here... is France, and we're in the middle — that's my map of Africa.
c. 1880s
— A dismissive remark about colonial ambitions in Africa, emphasizing his focus on European power poli…
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A good horse dies in its harness.
February 4, 1881
— In the Reichstag, rejecting the idea of retiring from office.
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We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world, and the fear of God is what makes us love and foster peace.
February 6, 1888
— Speech in the Reichstag.
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