Otto Von BismarckThe great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood
About This Quote
The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood. This is a quote from Karl Marx that says that in order for a person’s ideas to change the world, the person must be willing to fight for their ideas. In other words, if you want to change the world, you have to be willing to fight for it. The idea of being willing to fight is called courage. Courage is not being afraid to do something that most people are afraid to do, such as standing up for what you believe in even if it means losing a certain amount of popularity.
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