Question

Read the excerpt from a speech given by Otto von Bismarck in 1862. Germany is not looking to Prussia’s liberalism, but to its power. . . . [I]t is not by speeches and majority resolutions that the great questions of the time are decided—that was the big mistake of 1848 and 1849—but by iron and blood. –Otto von Bismarck, Blood and Iron, 1862

Answer 1

This excerpt reinforces the idea that "Bismarck believed in using force," since he is looking to Prussia's "power" as an inspiration--power specifically in the realm of the military.

Answer 2

Bismark liked to use power especially military weapons ect...