The German " Iron Chancellor" Otto van Bismarck would later ruefully remark that " the most significant event of the 20th Century will be the fact that the North Americans speak English" .

德国“钢铁大臣”奥托·范·俾斯麦后来遗憾地评论说，“20 世纪最重要的事件将是北美人说英语这一事实”。