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Did Bismarck really say "The truth lies within the range of the cannon"?

Said, as follows: {Original~~}

Failure is the final test of perseverance.

Truth only lies within the range of a cannon.

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

What Germany paid attention to was not Prussian liberalism, but power. Prussia must gather its strength and wait for a favorable opportunity, which we have missed several times. The great problems of our time cannot be solved by speeches and majority decisions, but by iron and blood.

The most important reason why big countries want to go to war today is egoism, not romanticism. This is different from small countries. … A minister could easily be advocating war while sitting around the fire at home warming himself. A minister can easily brag here while asking soldiers armed with steel guns to bleed in the snow to determine whether the battle can be won and gain a good reputation... A ruler who declares war without any reason is harmful to the country and the people. Behavior, the reason for war should be tenable after the war. Such reasons are powerful. After the war is over, you will see everything that happened in a different light. You must have the courage to face those farmers who are pondering why their fields were reduced to ashes overnight, those who are injured and disabled, and those fathers whose sons have been killed in battle, and you must say to them, 'You Although it is extremely painful, we must rejoice together, because the unified constitution has been saved...

If we really succeed in winning a unified German motherland according to this new and ongoing road … Then I might express my gratitude to the founders of the new order in this country; but for us now this is impossible! I am convinced that the honor of Prussia does not depend on playing Don Quixote all over Germany for the sick parliamentary luminaries, and that the unity of Germany and the right to speak from the rostrum of the parliament are not the same kind of question.

Without the Prussian army, and a strong Prussian army at that, the concept of the German nation simply would not have been realized.

Prussia must build up her strength and hold it in her hands until the opportune time comes. This opportunity has been missed several times. The borders of Prussia established by the Treaty of Vienna were inimical to sound national life. The great problems of our time cannot be solved by speeches and majority decisions - which was the mistake made in 1848 and 1849 - but by blood and iron.

There is no other way but to struggle.

This famous saying was said by Bismarck and appeared in one of his speeches. It is guaranteed to be true. I found it in a history book and found it on the Internet~~~