Politics ruins the character.
OTTO VON BISMARCKThe nation that has the schools has the future.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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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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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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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 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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I have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth.
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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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Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.
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A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
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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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An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
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People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.
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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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A really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.
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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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