Bismarck — "The great questions of the day will not be decided by speeches and resolutions o…"
The great questions of the day will not be decided by speeches and resolutions of majorities, but by iron and blood.
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Speech to the Prussian Landtag Budget Committee (variant translation)
Date: 1862
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