Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck (German: Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck, April 1, 1815 - July 30, 1898), Duke of Lauenburg, Prussia Prime Minister of the Kingdom (1862-1890), the first chancellor of the German Empire, known as the "Iron Chancellor" (German: Eiserner Kanzler; "Iron" refers to weapons, "Blood" refers to war), "Germany's architect" and "Germany's architect" pilot?.

Bismarck manipulated diplomacy and became a man of the hour on the European political stage in the second half of the 19th century. He was dismissed by William II in March 1890. When Bismarck stepped down, he was created Duke of Lauenburg. After that, he lived at Friedrichslu Manor near Hamburg and wrote his memoirs "Thoughts and Memories".

Bismarck's inspirational classic quotations:

1. Our struggle can only have two results: either the enemy will step on our corpses, or we will step on the enemy's corpses.

2. Perseverance is the best assistant of will.

3. The security of the country cannot be pinned on the gifts of others. History always advances on the saber. This world is a world of the weak and the strong. To survive and have dignity, you need strong armaments.

4. If civilization does not exclude and suppress barbarism, then this civilization is not a true civilization.

5. The strongest driving force for change in the world is not the scientific understanding that governs the masses, but the fanaticism that empowers the masses, and sometimes even the hysteria that drives them forward.

6. Faith is harder to shake than knowledge; love is harder to change than respect; hatred is more lasting than disgust.

7. Social undertakings are not easy to accomplish. The crux of it is not the implementation of small benefits, but the restoration of people's rights. A person's responsibility does not lie in working silently, but in openly eradicating evil and seeking redress.

8. The entire life of human beings is inseparable from three arguments: struggle produces everything, virtue resides in bloodshed, and leaders are primary and decisive.

9. For those who persevere, there is no such thing as failure.

10. To eliminate a nation, first disintegrate its culture; to disintegrate its culture, first eliminate the language that carries it; to eliminate this language, first start in their schools.

11. Social undertakings are not easy to accomplish. The crux of it is not the implementation of small benefits, but the restoration of people's rights.

12. I came into the world not to make people stronger, but to exploit their shortcomings.

13. Failure is the final test of perseverance.

14. We must grit our teeth and go all out to do one thing; otherwise, we will achieve nothing.

15. If there are no obstacles on the road of life, what else is there for people to do.

16. We may be destroyed, but when we are destroyed, we will tie the whole world together and jump into the pit of fire.

17. You must follow my solemn oath: What we need is peace, what we need is dedication to our cause.

18. The major problems of this era cannot be solved by speeches and resolutions? These problems can only be solved by iron and blood.

19. If the German nation is no longer strong enough to defend its own existence with blood, it should perish.

20. The winner is the king, and the loser is the bandit.

I know that tomorrow people all over the world will blame me for my defeat, but so what?