Reporter: Recently, the British Government has clearly stated that if Prussia declares war on Denmark, they will stand by Denmark's side. Your Excellency, the people of Prussia are now very concerned; if the British Army lands in the Baltic Sea, how will we respond?
Bismarck (with a disdainful smile): How to respond? If the British Army really comes, I'll send the police to arrest them all.
Reporter (laughing heartily): That answer is very humorous, but Your Excellency, on such matters, please refrain from joking.
Bismarck (straightening his collar): Joking? I'm not joking. As far as I'm concerned, the pressure from Scotland Yard police is far greater than that from the British Army.
——"North German General Report" journalist's 1864 interview with Otto von Bismarck, Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary of the Kingdom of Prussia, before the outbreak of the Pruso-Danish War
