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edpearce080759: Kaiser Wilhelm II dismissed his father's long-time Chancellor, Otto von Bismarck in 1890. The phrase ‘Dropping the Pilot’ meaning to dispense with a valued leader originated on March 29, 1890 in a Punch cartoon showing Wilhelm doing this.
ht_9944: 1. Man
2. Canadian
3. Indian
4. Hindu
5. None - All Canadian parties suck
6. Absolute Monarchist, Old Tory
7. Ideally mercantilism or feudalism lmfao but State Capitalism is good enough
8. Imperialist
9. Kaiser Wilhelm II, Otto von Bismarck, Frederick the Great, Napoleon
Vasilje_gr: "All rumors are false until officially denied." - Otto Von Bismarck
CHARLES41074731: To retain respect for sausages and laws, one must not watch them in the making.,Otto von Bismarck,Laws, Watch, Must ,
Mary_AFNMPPOV: As we saw this year this quote is true about most laws. "The less people know about how sausages and laws are made, the better they’ll sleep at night.— Otto von Bismarck." Do people in the general public need to better understand how laws are made to achieve more transparency?
djhvz: if i was otto von bismarck between 1859 and 1911 i would simply do everything within my power to politically neutralize the successors to the kaiser wilhelm and sideline the traditional junker class in favor of building a strong industrial state in the rhine / saxony
realJustATheory: Do they want a war?
If you're ok with killing our 9 year olds, just imagine what I can wrap my head around knowing that...
"The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions, but by iron and blood."
- Otto von Bismarck
specifism: “Crowned heads, wealth and privilege may well tremble should ever again the Black and Red unite!"-Otto von Bismarck, upon hearing of the schism in the First International
SheikYerbutti2: "People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election."
Otto von Bismarck
sadeem4849: “Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.” –Otto von Bismarck
DrAlakbarov: "People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election."
Otto von Bismarck
MehrKha01739336: The Americans are a very lucky people. They are bordered to the North and South by weak neighbors, and to the East and West by fish.
(Otto Von Bismarck)
Stephen_Groner: Politics is not an exact science. Otto Von Bismarck
chrispj53: “Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.” ~Otto von Bismarck
Rodriguez_Shop: This game takes place in Alsace-Lorraine, when it was called Elsaß-Lothringen ... Grand Theft Otto von Bismarck, only in the Boutique Rodriguez !
TheAshkenazi: 1871 newly formed German Reich, under Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, granted citizenship to Jewish population.
1877 Queen Maria Theresa of Austria, Hungary, Croatia, etc- bans "Jews"
1794 Tzar Catherine the Great (coup & murders her Tsar husband) allows Jews into Pale of Russia
Wojtek_44: Otto von Bismarck: "Beat the Poles until they lose all desire to live. I have great sympathy for their situation, but if we want to exist we must exterminate them."
m2h2ay: “Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.” –Otto von Bismarck
jeremyperson: “Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. A wise man learns from the mistakes of others.” — Otto von Bismarck
wissamlovee2222: “Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.” –Otto von Bismarck
enigma0451: I hate to talk about the Civil War again, but I just want to mention this. It probably shouldn't come as a surprise that Adolf Hitler & Otto Von Bismarck admired Lincoln. Centralization of political power is very European, whereas succession is mostly a Classical Liberal idea.
Hobbs_Strategy: I do > IQ ... execution > strategy?
“A bad plan that is well executed will yield much better results than a good plan that is poorly executed.”
- Otto von Bismarck
Now is always the time... the cost of inaction is too high
"A good plan violently execut…
llewelyn_morgan: But the University district in Poznan is in general a remarkable three-dimensional history lesson. For instance, a stunning monument to the series of uprisings in Poland against Communist rule. In this vicinity there used to be a monument to Otto von Bismarck.
codyanskaya: I also nominate Napoleon III getting too big for his britches, getting pissed at a remark that Otto Von Bismarck made, and instead of letting it go, losing a war which coalesced the German states into one country and losing custody of Alsace Lorraine, which then led to more wars
hunter72298: “Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.” –Otto von Bismarck
_jc: "Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied." -Otto von Bismarck
wassmannarts: The most striking feature of Johann Dieter Wassmann's early modernist works is their simplicity of line, plane and form. This new sensibility he referred to by the German expression die Mut zur Lücke—the courage to leave things out.
Prince Otto von Bismarck, 1896.
ivan_8848: Never Believe Anything Until It Is Officially Denied
Otto von Bismarck
SimulationSerf: "Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others"
- Otto Von Bismarck
AurelianCouncil: 6. Otto von Bismarck, First Chancellor of the German Enpire ( 1815 - 1898)
Edster26000000: The Man Behind the Modern Welfare State
GoHubVentures: “Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. A wise man learns from the mistakes of others.”
— Otto von Bismarck.
PatooEmmanuel: “Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.”
Otto von Bismarck
ScipioApucanus: "The Prussian civil servant is like one musician in an orchestra
He's confined to his own little part
I however want to make my own music"
A young Otto Von Bismarck
Covadonga2022: “Beware of sentimental alliances where the consciousness of good deeds is the only compensation for noble sacrifices.”
Otto Von Bismarck
General_Raptor: If I had a Time Machine and could do one thing, I’d call an emergency meeting with Queen Victoria and Otto Von Bismarck
Show them the horrors of both world wars. Tell them “Your successors will be on opposing sides, please make the 20th century less horrible”
General_Raptor: And yes I know. Victoria and Otto Von Bismarck were cousins. That’s kinda the point.
berningman16: "Never believe anything until it is officially denied." - Otto von Bismarck
greysca1e: otto von bismarck head ass
Con_politician: German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck once stated, “The division of the United States into federations of equal force was decided long before the Civil War. These bankers were afraid that the United States…would upset their financial domination over the world.
safarrnamah: “We live in a wondrous time, in which the strong is weak because of his scruples and the weak grows strong because of his audacity.”
Otto von Bismarck
Wojtek_44: "Otto von Bismarck, then Chancellor of the German Reich, initially rejected colonial acquisitions, but the public and the elite demanded them, so he allowed colonization in 1884."
historycalendar: Otto von Bismarck, Chancellor of the German Empire, 1875.
Wojtek_44: Otto von Bismarck is also credited with colonialism, persecution of Poles, and calling for the extermination of Poles.
Bismarck: "Beat the Poles until they lose all desire to live. I have great sympathy for their situation, but if we want to exist we must exterminate them."
ericpartmouth: Otto von Bismarck? More like Manual von...umm...let's see here...
aquaimperium8: We need UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE to PUT DOWN the SOCIALISTS in this nation. Just like PATIOT OTTO VON BISMARCK did!
DamageJacque: "I sometimes lay awake in bed the entire night hating"
Otto von Bismarck
I bet if I gave you five minutes with some bubble gum, mein Freund, it'd be bye bye weltschmerz.
Infinitistic: P7.➡️
TheUsuli: “Politics is the art of the possible, the attainable — the art of the next best.”
Otto von Bismarck
Being involved in politics - not just critiquing from the sidelines - will force you to become a pragmatist, no matter how much of an idealist you are.
Viking6ddg76: March 21, 1871 – Otto von Bismarck is appointed as the first Chancellor of the German Empire.
ToiletGuru: Otto von Bismarck was appointed as the first Chancellor of the German Empire OTD in 1871
historycalendar: March 21, 1871 -- Otto von Bismarck is appointed as the first Chancellor of the German Empire.
dbenner83: Today in 1871, Otto von Bismarck became Chancellor of Germany. Over the next two decades, he cemented himself as one most influential figures of the 19th century.
While serving as an appointed official in Prussia, Bismarck initiated a series of wars that unified loosely…
johnsimkin: Today in history concerns stories about John Wilkes (1776), Dorothea Beale (1831), Robert Southey (1843), Otto von Bismarck (1871), Stella Browne (1912), Evelina Haverfield (1920), Adolf Hitler (1939), Francis Suttill (1945) and Larry Parks (1951).
FXMC1957: 21 March 1871. Otto von Bismarck was appointed as the first Chancellor of the newly united German Empire, a post he retained until 20 March 1890. During this period, Bismarck skillfully used balance of power diplomacy to maintain Germany’s position in a peaceful Europe.
czardeb: Here is Gustave Caillebotte's Langouste à la Parisienne. While touring the 1867 Universal Exhibition, Kaiser Wilhelm I, Tsar Alexander II, and Minister Pres. Otto von Bismarck dined on a version of it at the Café Anglais; Their meal became known as the Three Emperors Dinner.
Aamman7: Otto von Bismarck on a horse after becoming a first Chancellor of the German Empire, 21 March 1871.
countcol: “Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others.”
Otto von Bismarck
0penbo0k: On March 20 1890, Chancellor of the German Empire Otto von Bismarck is dismissed by Emperor Wilhelm II.
thepainterflynn: Today in 1890 Chancellor of the German Empire Otto von Bismarck is dismissed by Emperor Wilhelm II
ifthisyearwas: 1890 – Chancellor of the German Empire Otto von Bismarck is dismissed by Emperor Wilhelm II. (March 20, 1890)
TodayIsTheDate: Today Otto von Bismarck is appointed Chancellor of the German Empire - March 21, 1871
SpiesVespers: OTD March 20, 1890 Otto von Bismarck's long tenure as chancellor ended. Under his tenure the modern intelligence organization was born with Wilhelm Stieber as long-serving spymaster.
historycalendar: March 20, 1890 -- Prime minister of the German Empire Otto von Bismarck is dismissed by Emperor Wilhelm II.
FXMC1957: 20 March 1890. German Chancellor, Otto von Bismarck, was dismissed by Emperor Wilhelm II, after a series of disagreements on foreign policy, and the procedures of the German Parliament (Reichstag). After the fall of Bismarck, German foreign policy became much more provocative.
Pobble8: Usually repeated by many (eg. Otto Von Bismarck) as “what we learn from history is that no one learns from history”. Plus other permutations.
JimRosenz: Otto von Bismarck: The Iron Chancellor
Will_DeCotiis: “Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied” -Otto Von Bismarck
TimiFrost: “Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.” ― Otto von Bismarck
DrClaytonForre1: Between 1833 and 1914, most of African was invaded, annexed or colonized by the European powers, in a process known as “The Scramble for Africa.” The Berlin Conference of 1884, organized by Otto von Bismarck, is regarded by some as the high water mark of European imperialism.
afghanzzzz12442: Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.
"Otto von Bismarck"
afghanzzzz12442: Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.
"Otto von Bismarck"
GordonTredgold: Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history. - Otto von Bismarck
Covadonga2022: “If you want to build socialism choose a country you do not care about.”
Otto Von Bismarck
patrick64776391: The king reigns but does not govern.,Otto von Bismarck,royalty,
AyiekoN33023207: The king reigns but does not govern.,Otto von Bismarck,royalty,
Stephen_Groner: Politics is the art of the possible. Otto Von Bismarck
DRDunderdale: “Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others.”
Otto von Bismarck
JesusTheRam: It is said that Otto Von Bismarck in particular was so deeply moved that he wept into the breast of a woman he had never met before for days and days.
JackHeald5: Govt schools are *designed* to slow down the fastest & make an attempt to speed up the slowest.
It's been that way since the original govt schools were designed by Otto Von Bismarck to build the Prussian army.
If youre kid is a midwit, gov't school is ok. If not, keep them out.
tasmosunt: *Otto von Bismarck made some piecemeal wealthfare policies*
Peter Hitchens "Bismarck was a left-wing socialist!!"
DavidCranmerUn1: Imperial Chancellor Otto von Bismarck visited Kissingen's spas many times, and in 1874 in the course of the Kulturkampf he survived an assassination attempt by the catholic Eduard Franz Ludwig Kullmann there. In 1877 the Kissingen Dictation (German: Kissinger Diktat) was written
AnarchyUilleam: If Otto Von Bismarck saw this he would have let that assassin kill him there and then.
Em_Vaner: “Politics ruins the character” - Otto von Bismarck
KingOfPandas123: Sending this to Otto von Bismarck.
therealjenmedia: People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election.
—Otto von Bismarck
SPolinder: Farmer Defence Force (FDF): „De vlaggen kunnen weer andersom hangen.”
Otto von Bismarck: “Politics is the art of the possible, the attainable — the art of the next best”
bentosekai: The rise of Napoleon III, Otto von Bismarck doing Bismarck things, France getting slapped (again), German Unification, the American Civil War, Opium Wars, and the Meiji Restoration kinda hittin ngl
Lord_Keynes3: The trailblazer in offering tax-funded rewards to impoverished or jobless followers was Otto von Bismarck, the monarchist Conservative, who founded Germany's welfare state.
bvw_redux: Under the first Ottos Europe was unified as a state and a religion. Even though fierce national and regional wars were a constant, the cultural and most people bearing the culture of a nation were no longer existentially at risk. The later Otto, von Bismarck, recemented ...
Allison683etc: All these right wing politician blokes want to be the reborn Otto Von Bismarck but Otto is definitely the kind of dude who would fight me if I asked him on
siriusalpha_: If Otto Von Bismarck did this in today’s market it’d be priced in and bought
websterwasright: no you can’t say that it’s uhhh neoconservative interventionism just like ummm Theodore Roosevelt and W. H. Taft and Otto von Bismarck and James Monroe
Tirmizey2023: The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
Otto von Bismarck
JESSHistoryDept: On 18 March 1890, Iron Chancellor Otto von Bismarck resigned as Chancellor due to disagreement with young Kaiser Wilhelm II. Bismarck was known for his realpolitik, which resulted in the unification of Germany in 1871 and the domination of European politics.
BusanJohn: “The Americans are truly a lucky people. They are bordered to the north and south by weak neighbors and to the east and west by fish.”
—Attributed to Otto von Bismarck
ClarkeMicah: Quote of the Night: 'Never believe anything until it has been officially denied' Attrib: Otto von Bismarck.
JMezzacapa: I just had a kid at work walk past me, and in a demon voice, mumble "Otto Von Bismarck". No explanation, just kept on walking...
Trunk_Slamchest: Otto von Bismarck and the crowned heads of Europe shaking in their boots
arsalsyed_2: "What we learn from History is that no one learns from History."
Otto Von Bismarck
