In 1862 this Prussian said that "The great questions of the day" would be decided "by iron and blood"
[DOC] [TLE] Otto von Bismarck blood and iron speech quotation - Age of the Sage [PAR] In September 1862 there was a crisis in Prussia where the Prussian Landtag ... 
Not through speeches and majority decisions will the great questions of the day 
be decided - that was the great mistake of 1848 and 1849 - but by iron and blood.