Multiple choice Which individual is associated with the phrase, "blood and iron"? Otto von Bismarck Kaiser Wilhelm Giuseppi Garbialdi Camillo di Cavour Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself A Correct answer Explanation Otto von Bismarck, the Minister President of Prussia, famously declared in an 1862 speech that the great questions of the day would be decided not by speeches and majority votes, but by blood and iron.