The age-herald., 1898-08-16
BISMARCK'S
PHILOSOPHY.

--N-"~-~ For me the words By Gods grace" which Christian Princes add to their names, are no empty sound. I see in them the avowal the princes will wield the sceptre given them by God according to the will of God. believe that the aim of the state is the realization of Christian doctrine.
 A decision as to principles is never rived at by parliamentary debate nor by majorities
 Appeals to what they do in England are our misfortune. Give us everything Eng fish that we have not got-Engiish fear of God, English veneration for the law the entire English constitution, and also the whole English riches English common sense-especially the English house of commons-in word, everything which we have not; and then I also will say, "You can rule us the English are ruled.''
 certain amount of positive Christianity is necessary for the ordinary man, if he is not to become dangerous to human society. The belief in the revealed word of God is firmer rooted in the people than the belief in the sanctifying power of any particular article of the constitution
 There is nothing on earth but hypocrisy and juggling
 In Gods almighty hand we are without counsel and helpless If He will not help up We can only bow ourselves in humili- ty to Hiss decree We Germans are too well educated, too critical. to tolerate a constitution. The entire constitutional life is always a line of compromises. Political questions are questions of power not of right. I I, 5n l believe on human reckoning. When the foundations of the state are attacked from the barrcades and from the republicans, consider 1t my duty to stand in the breach. Christianity and my faith demand this of me. Bravery in special cases is not to be re- warded-it is the common possession of German soldiers. The tax which tie empire most needs is usually that which is said to press with greatest severity on the poor man. We are not going to Canossa, neither physically nor spiritually. So long the great monarches of Eu- rope stick together, no republican can be dangerous to them.
 My duties to the state shall not be sus- pended because of my respect for the dog mas of others
 Our German national character wishes always to have the best, and loses thereby the good
 The minister who imposes the taxes should not be at the same time minister of finance.
 The ability to read is more widely spread in Germany than in France CT England: the ability to make decision to reason from what has been read is more widely distributed there than here
 Abstract doctrines of science leave me quite cold; act according to the experi- ence I have had.
 I have never left a glove lying which has been thrown down for me.
 All unrest in the empire, all difficulties in the way of our flourishing, come from the party of progress.
 For me there is only one compass, ces solitary Polar Star by which I steer salus publica.
 I shall not allow myself to be dismayed by majority in the reichstag; combined Europe has not overawed me.
 The freedom of the church means the rule of the church.
 Peace between king and priest will al, ways remain squaring of the circle. You come very near 1t often, but never reach 1t.
 The Gordian knot which tied the national rights of eGrmans, the right to live and breathe as great nation could only have been loosened by the sword.
 The entire eastern question Is not question of war for us. The friendship of Russia is far more important to us than that of Bulgaria.
 From early life have been huntsman and fisherman, and the waiting for the right moment is the rule which I have in- troduced into politics.
 Politics are not logic, are not an exact science, but the ability to select the most reasonable, the least dangerous course in every changing moment of the situation.
 During thirty years I have become so accustomed to the press that the printers ink Is now unabe to rob me of my good temper by day or of my rest at night.