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.
OTTO VON BISMARCKThe nation that has the schools has the future.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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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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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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Laws are like medicine; they generally cure an evil by a lesser or a passing evil.
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No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
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Politics is not an exact science.
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There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.
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A generation that has taken a beating is always followed by a generation that deals one.
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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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I consider even a victorious war as an evil, from which statesmanship must endeavor to spare nations.
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Great men have great dogs.
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A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
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A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.
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The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
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Love is blind; friendship tries not to notice.
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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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