“To retain respect for sausages and laws, one must not watch them in th...” — Otto von Bismarck Quote

To retain respect for sausages and laws, one must not watch them in the making.

I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.

An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.

Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.

When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.

You can have all of the laws and protection in place, but how do you get rid of homophobia? This is something that the U.S. is going to have to deal with.

The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be.

There's the laws of society and morality and then there's the laws of the heart.

If I want to understand the laws of physics I have to first believe what I read about physics. I have to have faith in what I read.

Other than the laws of physics, rules have never really worked out for me.