• A statesman... must wait until he hears the steps of God sounding through events, then leap up and grasp the hem of His garment.

    Otto von Bismarck: A statesman... must wait until he hears the steps of God sounding through events, then leap up and grasp the hem of His garment.
    "Bismarck: The Man and the Statesman". Book by A. J. P. Taylor, (p.115), 1955.