Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.
OTTO VON BISMARCKPolitical judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.
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An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
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A government must not waiver once it has chosen its course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward.
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Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
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A bad plan that is well executed will yield much better results than a good plan that is poorly executed.
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There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.
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Universal suffrage is the government of a house by its nursery.
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Politics is the art of the possible.
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I have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth.
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When you say you agree to a thing in principle you mean that you have not the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.
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Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.
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A really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.
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People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.
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The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
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Hounds follow those who feed them.
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Nothing should be left to an invaded people except their eyes for weeping.
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Politics are not a science based on logic; they are the capacity of always choosing at each instant, in constantly changing situations, the least harmful, the most useful.
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A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
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The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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What we learn from History is that no one learns from History.
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Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.
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Beware of sentimental alliances where the consciousness of good deeds is the only compensation for noble sacrifices.
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The nation that has the schools has the future.
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I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
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No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
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Government is cancerous in head and limbs;only its belly is sound, and the laws it excretes are the most strightforward shit in the world.
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A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.
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