The King is like a piece of wood, and I am the carpenter.
Iron Chancellor of Germany
Private conversation, reflecting his influence on Wilhelm I
1860s
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"I have only one ambition left: I should like to have a good epitaph."
Humorous"The great questions of the day will not be decided by speeches and majority resolutions—that was the great mistake of 1848 and 1849—but by iron and blood."
Humorous"People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt."
Humorous"The most important thing for a statesman is to make sure that he is not indispensable."
Controversial"To retain the existing state of things, one must be master of the sword."
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