Otto von Bismarck's Blood and Iron Speech

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  • čas přidán 9. 11. 2016
  • Bismarck responds to Max von Forckenbeck's lengthy arguments about appropriation rights and Art. 99 of the constitution and the people's wish for a shortened military service.
    Transcript: www.emersonkent.com/speeches/b...
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Komentáře • 172

  • @SWCaptainREX
    @SWCaptainREX Před 7 lety +421

    Thanks for all the love in the comments, I love you too!

    • @theTOOLshed1
      @theTOOLshed1 Před 5 lety +2

      @@irrsch what is this chicken scratch you just wrote. You don't really think that's German, right?

    • @gamelandmaster3680
      @gamelandmaster3680 Před 3 lety +1

      @@irrsch Du hast mich zum Lachen gebracht, damit die Arbeit fur dich erledigt ist

    • @charles_sumner3088
      @charles_sumner3088 Před 2 lety

      Hello my doppelgänger

    • @brandonmartin9572
      @brandonmartin9572 Před 2 lety

      What a chad

  • @HangLooseMongooseYT
    @HangLooseMongooseYT Před 7 lety +387

    Imagine a world where Bismarck wasn't prematurely removed from authority. What an amazing leader

    • @FeHearts
      @FeHearts Před 7 lety +50

      Bismarck was a great leader in his younger years, but did not change with the times which led to his downfall.
      Fun Fact: Bismarck did have any experience in government before his nomination as minister-president of Prussia in 1862. Kind of like someone else who just became President.

    • @TotalWar305
      @TotalWar305 Před 7 lety +22

      Bismarck was appointed to the Prussian legislature in 1847, and served both in government, and as a diplomat between then and 1862.

    • @FeHearts
      @FeHearts Před 7 lety

      Does diplomat count as a politician, because that what I meant by government. The Prussian Legislature I did not know through.

    • @Usammityduzntafraidofanythin
      @Usammityduzntafraidofanythin Před 7 lety +17

      Continuation of status quo would have been better for europe at large, given the disruption would lead to WW1.

    • @FeHearts
      @FeHearts Před 7 lety +3

      Impossible, France wanted to regain lost territory, Britain to cripple Germany, and Russia's relations with Germany went sour after being denied Constantinople.

  • @Fincarn5
    @Fincarn5 Před 7 lety +215

    I really hope for Germany's sake that their next leaders motto will be "What would Otto Von Bismarck do?" now more than ever.

  • @midwestmage7173
    @midwestmage7173 Před 7 lety +64

    I do love the Ancient Recitations, glad you made this channel.

  • @Siam2233
    @Siam2233 Před 7 lety +315

    Looks like someone wants to make Germany great again

    • @hl2cheaterking
      @hl2cheaterking Před 7 lety +14

      I think the Kaiser was also responsible. Especially by destroying the Russian relationship that Bismarck had been trying to fix, or atleast not provoke for years. He knew it would set off some kind of war.
      What he didn't know was the scale.

    • @Usammityduzntafraidofanythin
      @Usammityduzntafraidofanythin Před 7 lety

      Hurray, longer military service. :P

    • @yotamkaspi8508
      @yotamkaspi8508 Před 7 lety +52

      "Make Germany" ~ Bismarck

    • @johnsmith4630
      @johnsmith4630 Před 7 lety

      mr box haha.

    • @johnsmith4630
      @johnsmith4630 Před 7 lety

      Mendel can you tell me more about them?

  • @awesomegamer31
    @awesomegamer31 Před 7 lety +14

    For the third time, asking for a patreon feed for Ancient Recitations!
    I'm sure I'm not the only one who wants to support just this channel! I love the historical content here, and I'd love to support it.

  • @ShinobiHOG
    @ShinobiHOG Před 7 lety +88

    I wish I knew more about Prussia. I think the backlash against the nazi drags down the history of Prussia with it by association.....

    • @ShinobiHOG
      @ShinobiHOG Před 7 lety +4

      wasneeplus very cool, I appreciate the assistance.....

    • @wasneeplus
      @wasneeplus Před 7 lety +3

      Shinobi HOG You're welcome. Haven't read it yet myself (though I intend to) but I have read other work by Christopher Clark. He's a good author, who gives a very interesting, detailed and complete view of his subjects.

    • @ShinobiHOG
      @ShinobiHOG Před 7 lety +4

      wasneeplus that's definitely my preferred type of historical author. I don't care if what happened was good, bad or weird. I just want to have as many facts as I can and then form my own opinions without any bias narrative influencing them.....

    • @Dke721
      @Dke721 Před 7 lety

      I think there were some admirable things about Prussia. I can easily see the logic of why they made the choice's they made, but those choice's had as many pitfalls and weaknesses as strengths. There are quite a few good books in English on Bismark and a few on Prussia. Iron Kingdom by Christopher Clark is a good place to start.

    • @Dke721
      @Dke721 Před 7 lety

      Oh and someone already posted the link, nevermind.

  • @andljoy
    @andljoy Před 7 lety +7

    History has taught us many things, one of the most important is "Do not fuck with Otto", Ott is on the ball, listen to him or tragedy will ensue.

  • @AnarchHive
    @AnarchHive Před 7 lety +31

    Sargon, did you know there are actual recordings of Bismarcks voice? They used an Edison phonograph and he said among other things a few words of advice to his son.

    • @dragoncatsage3049
      @dragoncatsage3049 Před 6 lety +3

      Hans Wurst really is there a link you can give me to these maybe with some translations?

    • @AnarchHive
      @AnarchHive Před 3 lety +2

      @Vandan Patel Here you go:
      czcams.com/video/w-LopxfublY/video.html
      In the description there's also a link to a webpage with the recording (among others) and an English transcript.

  • @SnlDrako
    @SnlDrako Před 5 lety +8

    I feel like this should be played in every goddamn history class.

  • @alabasterscarf612
    @alabasterscarf612 Před 5 lety +5

    I was already subscribed to Sargon's main channel, but I found this just by chance from looking for an English translation of this speech. Today's my lucky day, it seems. I didn't even know this channel existed!

  • @RAJAT6555
    @RAJAT6555 Před 2 lety +5

    It's not surprising that the great Oswald Spengler had so much respect for Bismarck.

  • @Champion_14
    @Champion_14 Před 7 lety +30

    Great speech, great reading.love your stuff sargon.

  • @MrLordmonty1
    @MrLordmonty1 Před 7 lety +8

    Since I had to do a fucking whole year of highschool of bismarck from a shit Modern History Teacher, I finally able to get justice for such a fucking epic man. Thanks again Carl.

  • @Naomi_Boyd
    @Naomi_Boyd Před 7 lety +29

    I'm looking forward to Danerys Targaryen's Fire and Blood speech.

    • @privateaccount4164
      @privateaccount4164 Před 7 lety +11

      Don't think she has either fire or blood in her anymore.

    • @emyrronain6983
      @emyrronain6983 Před 3 lety +1

      Then you found a real hero's speech

    • @txorimorea3869
      @txorimorea3869 Před 2 lety +1

      This aged worse than milk...

    • @Naomi_Boyd
      @Naomi_Boyd Před 2 lety

      @@txorimorea3869 Worse than raw chicken left outside in the middle of July.

  • @sethapex9670
    @sethapex9670 Před 7 lety +4

    please do more readings. i would love to hear you read the road to serfdom and the wealth of nations.

    • @sadwingsraging3044
      @sadwingsraging3044 Před 4 lety

      I don't think Sargon has had enough Red Pills to be able to withstand reading The Road To Serfdom yet. Give him a few more years.

  • @psykohippo
    @psykohippo Před 7 lety +5

    Love this channel. But i would like, if the tekst could be on the screen, while it is read.

  • @richard343s
    @richard343s Před 6 lety +39

    [Prussian glory intensifies]

  • @LHudsonARTLIFTS
    @LHudsonARTLIFTS Před 7 lety +42

    You should have done this in a German accent to help immerse us in the moment

    • @user-sd8ec5jv2z
      @user-sd8ec5jv2z Před 7 lety +37

      Should have gotten Kraut and Tea to read this.

  • @unregierbar7694
    @unregierbar7694 Před rokem +1

    Einer der besten, die wir je hatten. 🖤🖤🤍🤍❤❤

  • @Fasterlion0913
    @Fasterlion0913 Před 4 lety +3

    So kids this is the story how Blood & Iron in roblox has been created.

    • @jl_jc
      @jl_jc Před 3 lety

      Oh, weird to find you here .. (CJ_921343) btw

    • @Wiikiizu9738
      @Wiikiizu9738 Před 3 lety

      @@jl_jc Hello, I also never expect to see my main account here.

    • @jl_jc
      @jl_jc Před 3 lety

      @@Wiikiizu9738 aight

  • @zackcash4941
    @zackcash4941 Před 6 lety +5

    I like the fast readings Sargon :)

  • @barbarahuff117
    @barbarahuff117 Před 2 lety

    Having little education, don't mind me while hitch hiking along with you and your comment audience for a toenail grasp on history.
    Thanks, and will tune in again.

  • @FlamingAnimation
    @FlamingAnimation Před 6 lety +13

    Sargon of Akkad? Is that you?

  • @IvorMektin1701
    @IvorMektin1701 Před 7 lety

    Nice timing!

  • @abelmexikano
    @abelmexikano Před 4 lety

    hasn't the reader made an audiobook of The Prince, by Machiavelli?
    I recognized that voice.

  • @mehmehmeh360
    @mehmehmeh360 Před rokem

    oh i remember this guy

  • @mrreggin1
    @mrreggin1 Před 7 lety

    Sargon, can you do Isaiah Berlin's Two Concepts of Liberty lecture please? :D

  • @Keandros
    @Keandros Před 4 lety +2

    Time to go play Civilization again....
    Great video, first one of this channel that I discovered. More Sargon is always good.

  • @IsraelLuisGeerRivera-ff4cg

    Carl is it you

  • @saimbhat6243
    @saimbhat6243 Před 3 lety

    Just a question, was he jumping and his body parts shaking while giving this speech. If it is not, then no, I can't imagine it.

  • @Ouvii
    @Ouvii Před 6 lety +14

    Hilarious. I discovered Sargon when he was bashing someone from Extra Credits, and now I got to this video from the third in their Extra History series on Bismark.

  • @fakhrithegaming7280
    @fakhrithegaming7280 Před 6 lety

    i hope theres otto von bismark II

  • @1293ST
    @1293ST Před 7 lety +7

    My Idols: Einstein, Tolkien, and Bismarck!

  • @Ineedto-vu2te
    @Ineedto-vu2te Před 7 lety

    i needed to analyze his speech in an exam

  • @klodpraisor
    @klodpraisor Před 6 lety +1

    3:00 BLUT UND EISEN

  • @Yokou32
    @Yokou32 Před 5 lety +2

    would like to see how Bismarck would react to modern day germany

    • @Charles-hy6gp
      @Charles-hy6gp Před 2 lety

      Its because the wrong side won WW1 and WW2, look out who created Frankfurt School and Cultural Marxism.
      Hitler and Mussolini were against democracy because it turned to be always a plutocracy

    • @immersegrafx
      @immersegrafx Před 2 lety +1

      Don't compare WWI Germany to WWII Germany, they were completely different. Hitler was a delusional occultist, centered around killing minorities. The German Empire is superior to Nazi Germany in every single way. It would bring great shame to every Kaiser of Germany knowing people like you think it's the same thing. I agree with your comment regarding WWI, but certainly not your comment regarding WWII.

  • @patrickdawson6281
    @patrickdawson6281 Před 6 lety

    sargon?

  • @Gguy061
    @Gguy061 Před 3 měsíci

    People give lip service to freedom as something that can be taken away by government, but they never talk about it in the sense as something that can be taken away by a foreign, hostile force. A constitution can uphold the rights of the people, but a strong military can, too, and is of equal importance, if not more. Rights mean nothing if they can be taken away by a foreign adversary

  • @user-wl4sr4tl7f
    @user-wl4sr4tl7f Před 7 lety

    Play at .5 speed

  • @2pro4uscrubz99
    @2pro4uscrubz99 Před 6 lety +2

    Gotta erhalte Franz den Kaiser

  • @filipzietek5146
    @filipzietek5146 Před 4 lety

    Bayden?

  • @mattcoily6281
    @mattcoily6281 Před 4 lety

    Blood and iron ..

  • @AgonifyeR24
    @AgonifyeR24 Před 7 lety +8

    I need more context to properly enjoy this.

    • @Bobsend
      @Bobsend Před 4 lety

      Go and find the context for yourself then.

  • @theworld9247
    @theworld9247 Před 4 lety +1

    Yo, what in the... ? I search for a Bismarck audio book, and in top 10 there's a narration by Sargon's long forgotten channel 🤣🤣

  • @tsar389
    @tsar389 Před 7 měsíci

    Bismarck was a powerful man physically and mentally, his mind was as sharp as a sword while his voice was like a volley of cannonades. He was shot 3 times at point blank range and apprehended the assassin and continued on with his walk home. He rightfully warned the arrogant Wilhelm II that Europe was a powderkeg and some damned foolish thing in the Balkans will set off a chain reaction.

  • @OldeCountryHomesteading

    Blut und Eisen!

  • @augustulus1277
    @augustulus1277 Před 10 měsíci

    I can’t handle the name 'Blood and Iron' without thinking of that one roblox game

  • @neurohackstv5723
    @neurohackstv5723 Před 5 lety

    A cool guy.

  • @leonardcooper4205
    @leonardcooper4205 Před 5 lety

    1.25 speed is perfect btw

  • @noneednoneed5752
    @noneednoneed5752 Před 4 lety +1

    TLDR: Fuck Lawyers ...

  • @judgegrinch1139
    @judgegrinch1139 Před 7 lety +1

    To my surprise I was reading Sargon's tweets, decided to do some homework and boom Sargon is the first video.
    I didn't even know this was a Sargon channel.
    What a weird world we live in.

  • @jvikingj1006
    @jvikingj1006 Před 7 lety

    "not to it's liberalism but to it's power."

  • @Ivan-vn1pd
    @Ivan-vn1pd Před 7 lety

    Nicht im Deutsch Sargon?

  • @melindarivas9162
    @melindarivas9162 Před 7 lety +1

    Jesus how many accounts does Sargon have

  • @elliotttheneko
    @elliotttheneko Před 5 lety +7

    Our blood is too hot
    We should make armour even though it is to heavy and big for us
    As history is not made by speeches or votes
    But by iron and blood.

  • @xbox_cheeto5338
    @xbox_cheeto5338 Před 3 lety +1

    I always find it such a shame that the central powers could never get Russia on their side. Largely this was a war of western liberal capitalism vs heartland European traditionalism. Russia was the epitome of this ideal, Germany merely showed how this could be continued post industrialization. Geographically it made sense why such an alliance could not work: Germany, AU, and Russia would have little to nowhere to expand in a given war. But as far as the ever increasing trend of ideology became present in favour of balance of power and influence potential goes, this choice makes more sense in the long term. Plus, hypothetically it could have still worked if Germany prioritized Russian friendship over Austrian, thus securing their Italian alliance more definitely, and likewise perhaps attain some neighboring Balkan states as allies too. Bulgaria and Romania namely, if not one then both surely. This would likewise mean that the Ottomans would have to be more western oriented as well as Russian rivalry and potential Balkan alliances would have demanded so. But who cares, growing empires make far better allies than declining ones!
    Largely speaking, Russia needed Germany and Germany needed Russia. Russia needed Germany's industry and army to protect herself for the next 50 years prior to becoming totally self defensible and reliant, while Germany would likewise need her afterwords a similar protection against an ever more American west and also the resources. Hell, I would bet favouring a Russian immigration trend of German emmigrants over a north American one could have helped both likewise as well, assuming somehow this was promoted over the latter. Austria was a decent ally for Germany, certainly reliable and good for positioning but.. she had all the same faults as Germany suffered except with added baggages on top of it all. This made Germany have to favour an over aggressive foreign policy that *needed* war sooner rather than later, or else risk only further losing their industrial edge to the surrounding eastern and western economies.

  • @luftwaffle3766
    @luftwaffle3766 Před rokem

    Soop

  • @jerrykeranen813
    @jerrykeranen813 Před 6 lety +1

    You got the voice and knowledge only missing is animations we millenials cant stand watching something that wont move :D

  • @GenghisKhanBruseySkyz
    @GenghisKhanBruseySkyz Před 7 lety

    Love sargon

  • @Bioshock2131
    @Bioshock2131 Před 6 lety +7

    Man how Germany has fallen so far

  • @ilyesistvan8331
    @ilyesistvan8331 Před 2 lety

    Sounds nice until you understand that they would use your iron and they would take your blood

  • @user-wl4sr4tl7f
    @user-wl4sr4tl7f Před 7 lety +1

    MGGA!

  • @supercalifragilisticexpial7380

    Blood and Iron is my gym name

  • @Buchinator12
    @Buchinator12 Před 7 lety

    I dont get how people are saying that Bismarck was oh such a great person. Sure he did "unify" germany, but austria was still a thing, so it was just another sign of the Prussian Austro Dualism imo. Bismarck was german, but first and foremost prussian and you can obviously tell.

  • @iminyourhouserightnow.6526

    Hell yeah Bismark and Kissinger for the win!

  • @geostokes8573
    @geostokes8573 Před 7 lety

    read moar

  • @thevanillamaster8103
    @thevanillamaster8103 Před 2 lety

    Is that KARL BENJAMIN???

  • @__Jp
    @__Jp Před 3 lety

    *I expected it to be in German*

  • @griffon129
    @griffon129 Před 2 lety

    The “stepfather” from AppleBee’s.

  • @benjones292
    @benjones292 Před 5 lety

    Was not expecting to hear that voice. Scared the shit out of me.

  • @Swedishmafia101MemeCorporation

    Sargon?

  • @mattcoily6281
    @mattcoily6281 Před 4 lety

    Peter's Russians... professional Russians...

  • @joebustos3513
    @joebustos3513 Před 4 lety +1

    otto von Bismarck is The Best war tactician ever why do you think Germany won war's in The 19th century after Kaiser Wilhelm 2 fired Otto von Bismarck That spelled The End of The German Empire in 1918 so Kaiser Wilhelm 2 dug his own grave figurely speaking and Otto von Bismarck is ahead of his time

    • @arimkaly3323
      @arimkaly3323 Před 2 lety +1

      Bismarck was a politician, not a general. Moltke won the war

  • @tombstoner6360
    @tombstoner6360 Před 7 lety

    hardly lesser known, hardly ancient

  • @mattcoily6281
    @mattcoily6281 Před 4 lety

    Just look at England dressed like that ...

  • @mattcoily6281
    @mattcoily6281 Před 4 lety

    Doesn't he doesn't just appear a perfect example of a English man

  • @nonstoprook8139
    @nonstoprook8139 Před 2 lety +2

    It's truly ironic that the German Empire would be birthed by "Blood and Iron", but it was also Blood and Iron that destroyed it at the end of WW1.

  • @mattcoily6281
    @mattcoily6281 Před 4 lety

    Men of iron sometimes get rusty underpants

  • @markjohnson9455
    @markjohnson9455 Před 4 lety +2

    I compared Bismarck's B/I speech with Lincoln's G/A address to find there are similarities in how both Lincoln and Bismarck wanted national unity, but the tone of the speech is quite different. I would argue that Lincoln had remorse whereas Bismarck was a blood-thirsty tyrant. Both speeches along with national events in the U.S. show that citizens can only be united when they want to be and no leader can force them together. I think Lincoln was a tyrant with a heart while Bismarck lacked one.

  • @mattcoily6281
    @mattcoily6281 Před 4 lety

    Men of iron sometimes get rusty underpants ..

  • @nickmoser7785
    @nickmoser7785 Před 3 lety

    Is this really Sargon"the black but not really" Akkad

  • @GangGang-qk1se
    @GangGang-qk1se Před 5 lety +1

    You sound like Sargon

  • @jeffha3
    @jeffha3 Před 7 lety

    Yeah but what about Trump though?

  • @almostharvestingseasonitis3151

    What you came here for: 3:00

  • @zacharyrobson2806
    @zacharyrobson2806 Před 7 lety

    I feel like this has something to do with the anti-trump riots

  • @nicolasguiresse906
    @nicolasguiresse906 Před 7 lety

    the world is going to collapse and I know it but I'm too lazy to do something it,not fix it but afterwards :'v

  • @AirAfter
    @AirAfter Před 7 lety

    German Reich

  • @amadiohastruck4331
    @amadiohastruck4331 Před 2 lety +1

    Sargon of Akkad?

  • @IsraelLuisGeerRivera-ff4cg

    Holy shit it’s you Sargon

  • @raiden6156
    @raiden6156 Před 2 lety

    Sargon?