Sunday, March 12, 2023

A Realisation

Otto von Bismarck, quoted in: Emil Ludwig, Bismarck; The Story of a Fighter (Blue Ribbon Books, 1927, reprinted 1934), tr. Eden and Cedar Paul, p. 304:

«People are much stupider than I had imagined!» was his generalisation after the first few months of his premiership.

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