What we learn from History is that no one learns from History.
OTTO VON BISMARCKPolitical judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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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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It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.
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People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.
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The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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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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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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People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.
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A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.
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Universal suffrage is the government of a house by its nursery.
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Hounds follow those who feed them.
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Politics is the art of the possible.
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Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.
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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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Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
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A generation that has taken a beating is always followed by a generation that deals one.
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