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Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.

Otto von Bismarck

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Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.
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There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.
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Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.
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A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
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The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.
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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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With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.
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What we learn from History is that no one learns from History.
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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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Man cannot control the current of events. he can only float with them and steer.
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Hounds follow those who feed them.
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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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Love is blind; friendship tries not to notice.
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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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No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
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History is simply a piece of paper covered with print: the main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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