Quote#Speech
I see in the whole no interest for Germany which would be worth even…
Quote byOtto von Bismarck · 1815–1898
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: From a speech to the the Reichstag, against the backdrop of the developing crisis in the Balkans..
English (original)
I see in the whole no interest for Germany which would be worth even [...] the healthy bones of a single Pomeranian musketeer. Speech to the Reichstag 5 December 1876
— Otto von Bismarck
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