Blood and Iron (speech) iron chancellor." Blood and Iron (speech) Blood and Iron (German: "Blut und Eisen") is the name given to a speech made by Otto von Bismarck given on 30 September 1862, at the time when he was Minister President of Prussia, about the unification of the German territories. It is also a transposed phrase that Bismarck uttered near the end of the speech that has become one of his most widely known quotations. In September 1862, when the Prussian House of Representatives was refusing to approve an increase in military spending desired by King Wilhelm I, the monarch appointed Bismarck Minister
The Colorado Statesman the paper announced that it had merged with Clarity Media Corporation's Coloradopolitics.com. The branding associated with the "Statesman" was abandoned in favor of the Coloradopolitics.com brand. It had been owned by Denver businessman and homebuilder Larry Mizel. The Colorado Statesman The Colorado Statesman was a weekly political newspaper published in Denver and was also one of the oldest continuously published newspapers in Colorado. "The Statesman" covered the Colorado General Assembly, state government, public policy issues, campaigns and elections, the state’s political parties, and the people and personalities behind them. Founded in 1898, "The Statesman" changed its name from the "Colorado