Read the excerpt from a speech given by Otto von Bismarck in 1862. Germany is not looking to Prussia’s liberalism, but to its po
wer. . . . [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 What does this excerpt reinforce about Bismarck’s political views? Bismarck believed in using force. Bismarck believed in democracy. Bismarck believed in reasoned debate. Bismarck was opposed to realpolitik.
Otto von Bismarck was Minster President and Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Kingdom of Prussia.) It was a time (in the later part of the 19th century) when prime ministers were starting to exercise more control of policy than the kings themselves. Bismarck was a political realist who chose paths of action that would benefit his overall aims, whether or not they fit some specific ideology or master plan. He practiced what came to be called <em>Realpolitik, </em>or "realistic politics."
In his leadership of Prussia, Bismarck helped create wars with neighboring countries to increase national pride among the German people. The main wars that Bismarck provoked in increasing national pride and unity among the German people were the Austro-Prussian War (1866) and the Franco-Prussian War (1870-71). Following the Franco-Prussian War, the German Empire was established, and Wilhelm I appointed Bismarck to the position of Chancellor.
Answer: It helps people realize that people should stop killing and find another way to handle the problem or prove the problem not just think someone is a witch.
