Otto Von Bismarck

Es necesario que Alemania sea poderosa y esté armada

La gravedad del tiempo en que vivimos no escapará a ninguno de ustedes … . El mundo entero se…

Colonialism

The previous speaker directed the bulk of his remarks not against our bill to sbusidize steamships but against our…

Medidas sociales adoptadas por el Estado alemán

Los esfuerzos decisivos comenzaron realmente sólo a partir del año 1881, con el mensaje imperial en el que S.M….

Response to Socialism: the carrot and the stick

[Bismarck protests against assertions by the left liberal Reichstag delegate, Eugen Richter, and the Social Democrat, August Bebel, that…

The Canossa speech

I AM 1 glad that no motion has been introduced to cancel this item. Notwithstanding all that has come…

The outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War

I took it as assured that war with France would necessarily have to be waged on the road to…

The annexation of Alsace-Lorraine

If we transport ourselves back a year—or more exactly, ten months—then we can say to ourselves that Germany was…

Indemnity Bill

The more honestly the royal government desires peace, the more its members feel obliged to refrain from any discussion…

Blood and Iron Speech

The Conflict is viewed too tragically, and presented too tragically in the press; the regime does not seek war….

The crisis of the Prussian Constitution

After the election of last fall we could hope that the ministry, supported by the progressive consciousness of the…