"The main thing is to make history, not to write it." ― Otto von Bismarck Topic(s): History More From Otto von Bismarck "People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election." "Politics ruins the character." "Politics is the art of the possible." More In History "The people who have really made history are the martyrs."― Aleister Crowley "A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil."― Grover Cleveland "The prolonged slavery of women is the darkest page in human history."― Elizabeth Cady Stanton