Status Updates From Gold and Iron: Bismarck, Bl...

"In these early years, Bleichröder [Bismarck's banker] essentially acted as transfer agent, receiving and disbursing funds. Any [of Bismarck's] surplus between income and expense Bleichröder transmitted to the Frankfurt Rothschilds, with whom Bismarck still retained a large account."

"And no wonder they sought to cultivate Bismarck; throughout their history, the Rothschilds have prided themselves on picking winners before they had been recognized as such. They had already picked Disraeli (and Heine); in time, they would discover Winston Churchill."