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.
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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I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
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Hounds follow those who feed them.
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Great men have great dogs.
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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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People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.
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Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.
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Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.
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What we learn from History is that no one learns from History.
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People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.
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Politics ruins the character.
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A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
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Man cannot control the current of events. he can only float with them and steer.
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All treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with the struggle for existence.
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Politics is not an exact science.
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Laws are like medicine; they generally cure an evil by a lesser or a passing evil.
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